Why We Need More Women Experts on TV and Radio in Ghana
Study after study shows that even though women account for more than half of Ghana’s population, 51.2 percent, they remain underrepresented in nearly all levels of leadership in many sectors – including politics, media, and business. Nowhere is this gender gap more apparent than in the media in Ghana. A Media Foundation of West Africa […]
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Ghana Media: Male Experts Dominate Programs, Study Finds
2021 -A new study by the Ghana Women Expert project has confirmed an earlier research that demonstrated that male experts outnumber female experts by more than 10 to 1 on Ghana’s leading radio and TV news programs. In other words, the study found that male experts and analysts dominated all of the flagship news programs. […]
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Gender Disparity on Ghana Media Programmes: Male Experts Outnumber Females 10 to 1
2021 – New research has demonstrated that male experts outnumber female experts by more than 10 to 1 on Ghana’s leading radio and TV news programmes. The Ghana Women Expert project sought to count the number of women interviewed in the media as experts and authority figures to highlight the gender gap by drawing attention to the under-representation and […]
Read MoreWomen’s Participation in Media Discourse Further Low – MFWA Report
A monitoring report by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), measuring levels of involvement and participation by women in public discourse on radio, shows a 10% reduction since December 2013. Compiled for June 2014, the report shows that of the 2,172 people who appeared on radio programmes, 1,813 (83%) were men; while just 359 […]
Read MoreGhana Among Top 3 African Economies in Mastercard Report For Most Female Entrepreneurs
Uganda, Botswana, and Ghana have been ranked as the world’s three leading economies in Africa with the most women business owners. This is according to the 2020 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE), which highlights the socio-economic contribution of women entrepreneurs around the world, and provides insights on factors driving and inhibiting their advancement. The […]
Read MoreWomen Helping Women: Female Entrepreneurs Create Fund to Support Women-led SME’s in Ghana
Three Ghanaian women entrepreneurs have started an investment fund that seeks to support women-led small businesses affected by COVID-19. Roberta Annan, the Managing Partner of Annan Capital Partners (ACP) has teamed up with Adeline Akufo-Addo Kufuor, the CEO of the Women’s Empowerment & Investment Group and Dentaa Amoateng, the Founder of the GUBA Enterprise to […]
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Women Experts Sidelined in Ghanaian Media, New Report Reveals
Male experts outnumber their female counterparts on Ghanaian media platforms by a ratio of 9:1, a new study by the Ghana Women Experts Project has found. The report, which is part of the second round of the Project’s survey, also showed that male experts were given more time than the women experts who appeared on the […]
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Male Experts Outnumber Female Experts on Radio and Television Programmes in Ghana – Report
Male experts outnumber female experts by 11 to 1 on radio and television programs in Ghana. Data gathered by the Ghanaian Women Experts project between February and June 2021 shows that men dominate radio and television programs. The survey found that politicians, lawyers, doctors, university teachers, and men who called themselves experts and analysts dominated […]
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Absence of Women Experts Voices Enforcing a Harmful Gender Stereotype in Ghana Media
2021- Data gathered by the Ghanaian Women Experts project between February and June 2021 shows that men dominate radio and television programs. The survey found that politicians, lawyers, doctors, university teachers, and other men who called themselves experts and analysts dominated the the platforms and programmes monitored. Out of the 1,476 experts featured on the […]
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Male Experts Given more Prominence than Female Experts in Ghana –
Out of 12 experts from different fields who are engaged on popular radio and television programmes every week in Ghana, only one of them is likely to be a woman, a new study by the Ghana Women Experts has found. The project which was done between February and June 2021 revealed that popular radio and television […]
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