SECTOR 2 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: 1.6 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 1.1) 2.7 All media fairly reflect the voices of both women and men. The media do not reflect the voices of both men and women in a balanced way. The content of the media tends to be mostly male-dominated or presented from a male perspective, and this is probably a reflection of the composition of media houses as most of the senior management positions within the state and private media are held by men. “At 80 percent of all news sources, men in Botswana still prevail in the news.” A Genderlinks Gender and Media Progress Study released in February 2011 showed that women comprised 20 percent of all sources of media content – this is an increase from 16 percent in research conducted by Genderlinks seven years ago. The report states, however: “At 80 percent of all news sources, men in Botswana still prevail in the news.” Women’s voices are also largely heard in ‘soft’ beats, such as health and education, while they are barely heard in sports, politics and economics and not at all heard in media reports concerning mining and housing. In terms of the public sector strike, all the news reports have included views and comments from men, while no women have been heard on the issue. Nevertheless, some participants felt there had been some improvement in the media’s discussion of gender issues. 32 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BOTSWANA 2011