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Self-assessment reports of 17 mass-media institutions in Moldova showed that editors publish materials about men more often than about women, the Independent Press Association (IPA) informs. These findings are the result of a project implemented by the IPA at the initiative and with the financial support of UN Women's Programme in Moldova “Women's Economic Empowerment”. The reports were reviewed by an Assessment Board that developed recommendations for each media institution.
Thus, the Board recommended that the editors participating in the assessment take into account the principle of gender equality and address cases of inequality more often, in order to change the stereotyped mindset about the role of women and men in society. The Board members also proposed that editors more often use statistical data related to gender criteria and to give up the practice of justification by the fact that “all events are organized by men”.
The latest report covered the period from May to July 2013 and revealed certain trends. Politics and sport are the sectors in media where men’s issues prevail. They have accumulated 73.8% of the total number of political articles, while women – 8.7%. As for sports articles, men appeared in 72.8% of articles, while women in 14.1%. Men also prevail in articles related to economy, external relations, media and information technologies.
Articles aimed at education have a higher share among women rather than among men. They appear in 64.2% of the total number of articles, while men appear only in 20%.
Ensuring gender equality in journalistic materials remains a current problem of editorial policy in media institutions in Moldova. However, the Assessment Board recorded a certain progress in this field as compared to the previous quarter. In February 2013 men appeared in 66.8% of articles and women appeared in 16.7% of them; subsequently the share of men has decreased to 52.8% and that of women increased up to 21.9%.
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