SECTOR 4 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: 3.6 (2006= 3.5, 2008 = 2.8, 2010 = 3.9) 4.4. Equal opportunities regardless of race or ethnicity, social group, gender/sex, religion, disabilities and age are promoted in media houses. Equal opportunities are not yet promoted for people with disabilities given that the struggle for the recognition of their rights mobilises few people. There are some examples here and there but these do not really reflect willingness or a policy of promoting people with disabilities. There is for instance a blind man who works as a receptionist at a radio station and another one who volunteers at a community radio station. In spite of this finding, a panellist would remark that: “behind equal opportunities these isolated initiatives seem to be promoting, hides the media’s main concern: marketing.” With regards to recruitment, no particular discrimination occurs in the newsrooms; it is competence that matters. A decision was taken at some point to promote succession planning both through a policy of staff rejuvenation and on the other hand a good geographic and religious representation in the newsrooms. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MADAGASCAR 107