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Sunday Standard & The telegraph journalism of courage PRESENTERS NAME: Ruth Kedikiliwe CATEGORY: MEDIA COE SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MEDIA HOUSE 2 offices in Gaborone 1 office in Francistown. Print media though also available online with daily updates Circulation 25000 for Sunday Standard and 10000 for the newer Telegraph Single sourced and predominantly. 34 male and 13 female employees Been part of the COE for a year GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

KEY GENDER CHALLENGES IN THE MEDIA HOUSE The Board consists of 4 men and 1 woman No specific targets have been set regarding the gender balance for 2015 There is no sexual harassment policy There are no specific training programs made to redress gender imbalances There is no internal gender awareness straining GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST! Deputy Editor of the Sunday Standard, Spencer Mogapi

GENDER CHAMPIONS There is a gender champion at the Sunday Standard and the Telegraph Newspapers Ruth Kedikilwe Head of Lifestyle, Arts, Society and Entertainment GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

GENDER CHAMPIONS Sit in the Gender Policy formulation committee Take part in NGOs, private and public causes in advocating for gender mainstreaming Sensitize colleagues in the work place on current affairs Ensure implementation of policies in place Establish internal policies redressing gender issues Batswana women part of the Women in News Program GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

HOW HAS THE COE PROCESS CONTRIBUTED TO ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES? The COE is a signatory to the MOU with Gender Links on gender mainstreaming There has been good will from the management regarding the gender mainstreaming process Female journalists are encouraged to work in nontraditional areas. Especially in politics/ business. GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

HOW HAS THE COE PROCESS CONTRIBUTED TO ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES? There are targets which have been set to increase the quantity of coverage in gender violence The COE takes part in all commemorations against GBV and publishes articles More women are becoming sources of stories Speaker of National Assembly Dr Nasha recently made Headlines GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

HOW HAS THE COE PROCESS CONTRIBUTED TO ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES? The budget for covering is generic and no stories are given preference over another. The self monitoring and evaluation has shown that though strides have been made there is still a lot of room for improvement regarding coverage of women vs. men GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL? PROTOCOL TARGET COUNCIL ACTIONS 30(1)a. Promoting pornography and violence against all persons especially men and women Publications have zero tolerance on promotion of pornographic and violence material on all persons 30(1)b. Depicting women as helpless victims of violence and abuse Publications puts more emphasis on rehabilitation of victims and sensitizing the community on where they can get help 30(1) d Reinforcing Gender oppressions Encourages women journalists to take and stereotypes an alternative route when reporting and has men covering gender issues GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL? PROTOCOL TARGET MEDIA HOUSE ACTIONS 30(2) Give equal voices towards women and men in all areas of coverage Tries to do optimize this target given the current situation of there being more men than women in positions of power thus giving the men an upper hand as sources GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

IMPACT Reporters being part of organisations advocating for women empowerment like WIN Reporters being invited to join advocacy groups: Youth Matters Through the WIN program had the opportunity of meeting only Woman news Editor in Liberia Wade Williams who is also a champion for equality in the newsroom GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

CHANGING LIVES Joined the company in 2011 Immediately took interest and started actively participating in gender/ women empowerment issues Was part of the task force drafted Gender Policy document Promoted to be a section head in both the papers Have had an amazing opportunity of meeting and interacting with Cherilyn Ireton: Executive Director of the World Editors Forum GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

CHALLENGES TO GENDER MAINSTREAMING Having large disparity between women and men journalists in the newsroom Having to deal with an extremely conservative nation who are slowly realising women as equals in society Having few women in top decision making positions in society Botswana not being a signatory to the SADC Gender Protocol and Development GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

WAY FORWARD Adoption of the Gender policy draft Implementation of the policy Monitoring and evaluation of the conditions and amending as and when the need arises. GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!