Zimbabwe SCORES Individual scores: 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2 Average score: 1.8 4.4. Gender mainstreaming is promoted in terms of equal participation of both sexes in the production process. ANALYSIS: The number of women working in the print media is insignificant. At the Zimbabwe Independent, for example, there is only one woman in the production team of about 12. The operating environment is not conducive for gender mainstreaming, with men regularly stereotyping and being hostile to women. Media Houses are described as being notorious for sexual harassment of women. It has been reported that “carpet interviews” are infamous, meaning that some women get a job and survive in the media houses only in exchange for sexual favours. There is also the systematic exclusion of women from prestigious arenas such as business and financial reporting and the lack of assistance of new female journalists in the newsrooms to take up this area.All this forces women who seek a better working environment out of the newsrooms and into the public relations sector. On the other hand, women do not seem to be taking up the challenge and competing with men so that they play their part and prove themselves, perhaps also due to the fact that working hours are not conducive to women’s family duties. The remarkable exception is community-based media production where gender mainstreaming is promoted. SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2 Average score: 1.4 African Media Barometer - Zimbabwe 2006 33