Political Participation & Leadership
Source: Media Fundation in West Africa
The already low level of women's participation in public discourse seems to be getting worse. The latest report from the Media Foundation for West Africa's gender-monitoring project has revealed that women's participation in media discourse in the month of November has gone down. Comparing the findings to that of the preceding month (October 2013), the report shows that women's participation in media discourse reduced by 6%.
According to the report, the Accra-based Joy FM's flagship programme, Super Morning Show, and Alhaji & Alhaji programme on Radio Gold (also in Accra) did not feature any female as a panellist or interviewee throughout the monitoring period.
The report also shows that political party affiliates who featured on the programmes monitored were dominantly men.