SECTOR 4 move up. At the same time, a panellist noted, “we [women] are allegedly being wheelbarrowed into positions”, even if often the producers and “the ones that do the dirty work are women”. Hence there are a lot of men in management positions. Women deal with the sterotype of rather having been promoted based on the fact that they are female rather than merit even if very often they are the once who are doing conceptual and management work such as producing. Structures in the newsroom generally reflect the structure of society. Needless to say therefore, as in the words of a member of the panel, “you don’t find minorities represented at high levels or positions of importance”. At a broader level, it has to be questioned whether the current training and lack of ‘upskilling programmes’ – be it at institutions or within the media sector – will be able to redress these imbalances and meet the requirements of the industry. For instance, one panellist asked, “How can we ensure that at least in 10 years we can have 1 San writer? There is not one (in Namibian newsrooms).” Scores: Individual scores: 64 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: 2.8 (2005: n/a; 2007: n/a; 2009: n/a; 2011: 2.4) Average score for sector 4: 2.7 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NAMIBIA 2015