Tanzania
It was noted that many women are discouraged by the hostile working conditions in the media including sexual harassment.
Also, most private media lack institutional/organizational structures
and their recruitment mechanisms are not transparent. Schemes of
services are lacking that would give an idea on how an employee
will progress. As such, even when a position falls vacant, the vacancies are not advertised and employment is granted on the basis of
“know who instead of know how”. Owners seem to have their own
criteria for promotion.
SCORES:
Individual scores: 			

2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3

Average score: 			

2.3 (2006= 2.8)

4.5

Gender mainstreaming is reflected in the editorial content

ANALYSIS:
There is progress although a lot still needs to be done to improve
the situation. MISA-TAN is assisting media houses to draft and adopt
policies on Gender and HIV/AIDS that would help in streamlining the
issues in the media. This is a programme being implemented in the
SADC region. In Tanzania at least 7 media outlets have been assisted
to draft the policies and adopt them.
The 2006 Gender and Media Baseline Survey (GMBS) study conducted
in Tanzania showed that 20% of social issues are covered by women
while men concentrate on political and economic issues. 2% of news
in 16 media houses are about HIV/AIDS and Gender issues.

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