GENDER SCORE CARD FOR MEDIA HOUSES

DZIMWE COMMUNITY RADIO

Answer these questions in relation to your media house according to the following scores

1. Very poor / 2. Poor / 3. Satisfactory / 4. Good / 5. Very good
Baseline score / Progress / Progress score / Judges score
Policy framework
  1. The board is gender balanced
/ 3 / The board remains the same / 3 / 3
  1. The board/management takes gender mainstreaming seriously
/ 4 / Very serious there has increased in gender programming / 4 / 4
  1. The media house is aware and takes account of international regional and national commitments to gender equality
/ 3 / A ware taken into account in malawis ratification on gender protocols(SADC PROTOCAL),MGDS,Belgin +10 / 4 / 4
Workplace
  1. The media house has set targets for achieving gender balance at all levels by 2015
/ 2 / Yes currently the Radio has recruited a female Reporter / 5 / 4
  1. Equal opportunity is clearly defined and articulated in employment adverts.
/ 3 / Very proactive in recruiting staff / 4 / 4
  1. Interview panels are gender balanced
/ 3 / Interview panelist consists of three women and three men / 4 / 4
  1. The media house offers maternity leave that conforms with or is better than national law
/ 5 / Offers 90 days for maternity that conforms with national law and in addition of two weks. / 4 / 5
  1. The organisation also offers paid paternity leave that conforms with or is better than national law
/ 2 / No partenity leave by law but media house offers 60 days plus two weeks if requested. / 5 / 5
  1. The organisation has a sexual harassment policy and cases of sexual harassment are effectively dealt with
/ 3 / Inhouse HIV policy covers sexual Harassment Board and Management are involved in disciplinary action / 4 / 4
  1. The media house has specific training programmes to redress gender imbalances
/ 3 / The media house has in house specific trainings programmes to address programmes and production and this is done after every three months. / 3 / 4
Editorial Practice
  1. There are targets to increase the quantity of coverage on gender specific topics e.g. gender violence; laws to promote equality;
/ 4 / Yes there are targets to increase the quantity of coverage as per quartery discussion. / 4 / 4
  1. The different effect of policies on women and men is explored in all topics e.g. sports, economics, politics, entertainment, HIV and AIDS
/ 4 / Yes / 4 / 4
  1. The views of men and women, in all their diversity, are equally represented including in images (where applicable)
/ 4 / Voices of both men and women are covered / 5 / 4
  1. Stories are written from a human rights perspective; challenge gender stereotypes; language is gender sensitive
/ 4 / In conformity with our editorial policies / 4 / 4
  1. Gender is regarded as a beat on par with other beats, and male journalists cover gender issues
/ 3 / Gender is regarded as beat because all gerous are encouraged to cover different issues. / 4 / 4
  1. Female journalists are encouraged to work in non-traditional areas of reporting such as politics, economics etc and technical sides of the job such as photojournalism etc
/ 3 / In our case we don’t have photo journalist but our female journalist are encouraged to report stories about politics and economics etc. / 3 / 4
Advertising and Marketing
  1. Sexist advertisements are not accepted.
/ 4 / Not accepted and discouraged and the wording scruitinised / 4 / 4
  1. Marketing surveys target, analyse and take into account views of women and men and their different needs/interests as consumers.
/ 4 / Our survey are carried by staff members through a total number of adverts that are brought to our radio station from both men and women. / 4 / 3
Management systems, monitoring and evaluation
  1. There is a person/team that is responsible for coordinating, monitoring and evaluating gender mainstreaming
/ 2 / Yes,this is done through the programmes manager (Mr Mark Kabango) / 4 / 4
  1. Gender awareness training is offered
/ 3 / In house training offered per quartery and outside also encouraged to all journalists. / 4 / 4
Total / 72