SECTOR 2

2.6
Government promotes a diverse media
landscape with economically sustainable and
independent media outlets.
Despite the absence of policies explicitly designed to promote a diverse landscape
and sustainable media, in practice the government has contributed media diversity
and sustainability by approving various projects started and funded by external
sources, including governments and international and multilateral organizations.
his was the context for the emergence of the community radio movement in the
country, promoted by projects with external funding. In the case of the press, it is
noted that newspaper sales are exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT).

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:

1.5 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 2.7)

2.7
All media fairly relect the voices of both women
and men.
Women continue to be substantially underrepresented in the media. A 2010
study by Gender Links showed that only 14% of the news disseminated by the
media in Mozambique has a woman as the main source. he same study shows
that a woman rarely appears in the news as a single source. Participants felt that
there are no gender policies in newsrooms and urged greater equilibrium in the
representation of men and women. Participants also recognised that this problem
is not exclusive to the media but is also visible in churches, political parties and
other institutions of a social nature.

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