There was some discussion about what exactly gender mainstreaming entails and the emphasis was put on the representation of women’s voices as opposed to their male counterparts. According to the Gender and Media Baseline Study, in Namibia 19% of sources were women. The Media Monitoring Project Namibia (which monitored the media for eight months as opposed to one month in the case of GMBS), found that only 14 % of sources were women. Most of the newsmakers are men and it is much easier to practise “conference journalism”: a journalist goes to a news conference where the minister speaks about water problems, for example, and the story is done. Sending a journalist to Okakarara to assess the actual situation on the ground, to actually talk to the women and men, takes time and money. The lack of investigative and thorough journalism was seen as the main reason for the fact that so few women are reported as sources. SCORES: Individual scores: Average score: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2 1.9 Overall score for sector 4: 2.8 The panel meeting took place at the GocheGanas Lodge, 13 to 15 May 2005. The Panel: Ms. Rachel Cloete, Civil Society Activist; Mr. Clement Daniels, Lawyer; Mr. Paul Helmuth, Civil Society Activist; Mr. Phil ya Nangolo, Human Rights Activist; Ms. Catherine Sasman, Journalist; Mr. Andre Strauss, Social Worker, Cultural Activist; Ms. Zoe Titus, Journalist; Mr. Robin Tyson, Lecturer University of Namibia The Rapporteur: Ms. Pauliina Shilongo The Facilitator: Mr. Hendrik Bussiek So This Is Democracy? 2005 -242- Media Institute of Southern Africa