Mauritius Barometer 2013: Chapter 9 Media, information and communication

Key points

• Mauritius has an SGDI score of 72% and is fifth for this sector in the region. Citizens gave a score of 68% for the CSC.
• The Glass Ceilings in Southern African Newsrooms Study showed that women constitute a quarter of the top management in Mauritius; slightly higher than the regional average of 23%.
• There has been a marked improvement of women’s sources at 25% as per the self-monitoring compared to 19% of the GMPS.
• Women in the Mauritian media still carry their private identity. While the regional average is 8% for women and 4% for men, the percentage in Mauritius is 10% for women and 1% for men.
• Women predominate in the home-makers and sex workers categories at 100% and beauty/ fashion at 92%. There is a higher percentage of men in the model and fashion industries.
• Gender Links (GL) is working with media houses on developing Centres of Excellence in gender mainstreaming in the media.
• Institutions of higher learning are working to mainstream gender in their teaching curriculum. – Students from these higher learning institutions acknowledge the role of gender and media literacy to improve their knowledge on gender.

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