SECTOR 4 In general, the panel notes that the media often fails to differentiate the nuances between enquiry and investigation. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country minimally meets aspects of the indicator. 3 Country meets many aspects of indicator but progress may be too recent to judge. 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator and has been doing so over time. Average score: 4,4 4.4. Equal opportunities, regardless of race, social group, gender/sex, religion, disabilities and age are promoted in media houses. The most notable fact as regards equal opportunity is undoubtedly the increasing number and the place of women in media houses. Of the 425 press cards issued by the Joint Committee during its 2008-2009 sessions, 65 were for women professionals (48 journalists and 17 professionals of the communication sector). Women are sometimes appointed to high-level editorial positions. The chief editor of Fraternité Matin is a female journalist. Likewise, women journalists are increasingly working on political and cultural desks formerly spared from or shunned by them due to an incompatibility between the working hours and their ‘social obligations’. “There are homosexuals in the profession, but we do not talk about them” Panel members cited several examples of recruitment of persons with physical disabilities. For instance, a panel member has a physically disabled friend who is part of the latest recruits of the national daily newspaper Fraternité Matin. Nevertheless, it is a fact that there are not many physically disabled persons on editorial teams. And even less so certain categories of disabled persons (e.g. the deaf ). It shall, however, be noted that the state television is making numerous efforts to translate some of its contents, particularly the news hour, into sign language. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER IVORY COAST 2009 119