SCORES: Individual scores: 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2 Average score: 2.6 4.4. Gender mainstreaming is promoted in terms of equal participation of both sexes in the production process. ANALYSIS: Many young women are beginning to enter the journalistic profession. In the newsrooms they share with the men the various professional jobs. However, there are still clear disadvantages for women, resulting from cultural biases that at times inhibit the participation of woman on an equal footing. Because of a lack of adequate conditions, household chores fetter women and deny them the possibility of, for example, covering events in areas away from home for extended periods. There are some women who occupy management posts in some areas of journalism, even though there is only one media house with a woman at the helm (Radio LAC). SCORES: Individual scores: 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2 Average score: 2.6 4.5. Gender mainstreaming is reflected in the editorial content. ANALYSIS: Editorial policies do not contain clear references to promoting gender balance. However, the existence of legislation that provides for non-discrimination on the basis of gender has in some situations functioned as a form of protection in the sense of guaranteeing equal treatment in relation to rights and opportunities for women and men in the media. 20