SECTOR 2 of women ready to speak out in the media remains modest, but they do give their views on all areas of public life. The print media are lagging behind in this regard and interviews with women are still rare. To remedy this situation, panelists recommended that the media should do more to actively approach women and seek their opinions. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 2.3 2.8 All media fairly reflect the voices of society in its ethnic, linguistic, religious, political and social diversity. With the exception of the political domain – marked by a clear division between those in power and the opposition and thus between pro-government and proopposition media – radio and television stations as well as newspapers in Togo reflect the whole spectrum of opinions and schools of thought in the country. Taken together, the Togolese media give adequate expression to all the different facets of society and public life in general. The broadcast media, radio in particular, are better able to reflect diversity in terms of languages, religious beliefs and opinions. Despite all efforts to promote diversity of political opinions, though, some public figures prefer to adopt the policy of the empty chair. One panelist told of how, on a number of occasions when he had been invited to a debate on air, his intended fellow discussant – from the opposite political camp – declined to participate once he knew who his opponent was going to be. Another panelist pointed out that in the capital, Lomé, most of the private radio stations are supportive of the opposition in their tone, editorial choices and commentary. For that reason, leading figures within government did not dare to 104 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER TOGO 2010