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: 			

1.9

2.7
All media fairly reflect the voices of both women
and men.
Although there is progress in the Ethiopian media on reflecting the voices of
both women and men fairly, sources are still mostly men. One panellist told of an
instance where a reporter, sent to write a portrait of a prominent woman, actually
came back having done an interview with her husband. Experts asked for their
views are mainly male.
In general, Ethiopians are not very outspoken because they do not want to run the
risk of making any comment which could be seen as too critical. For women the
situation is even more difficult, given that Ethiopia is a male-dominated society.
“Lazy and under-resourced” journalists, as one panellist said, are not putting
enough effort into getting female voices represented in the media.
Over recent years the topic of gender equality has increasingly come under
discussion in radio talk shows and other media.

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