Leadership Mapping

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Additional Findings

In 0 of 17 markets did the percentage of women holding top business positions exceed 25%. The highest performer was the Philippines with 22%.
In 2 of 17 markets, the percentage of women holding top editorial positions was skewed in favour of women. In the Philippines, 78% of Chief Editor positions were held by women, followed by Zambia with women holding 57% of the top editorial positions.
In 5 of the 17 countries, zero women held the highest business position: Somalia, Rwanda, Kenya, Palestine and Jordan.
In Somalia, no woman held the top editorial position as of 2022, followed by Egypt, where only 9% of the top editorial positions were filled by women.

Global Trends

Data reinforces study results released by Reuters Institute tracking women in top editorial positions in major online and offline news outlets in 12 countries (WIN’s research overlapped with Reuters’ in a single market). When these results are combined we find that women take up only 26% of top editorial positions in the 28 countries surveyed. 

Key Findings

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Evidence reinforces research released by Reuters Institute that tracks women in top editorial positions in major online and offline news outlets in 12 countries (WIN's research overlapped with Reuters' in only one market). When these results are combined with our editorial only results, we find that women take up only 26% of top editorial positions in the 28 countries.

Top Business Positions

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Across all regions, 10% of the most senior business positions (e.g. CEO) are filled by women.
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The Philippines, Myanmar and Lebanon scored the best with 22%, followed by zambia with 20% of top business positions filled by women.
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somalia, Rwanda, Kenya, Palestine and Jordan had 0% of top business positions filled by women.

Top Editorial Positions

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Across all regions, 31% of the most senior editorial positions (e.g. Editor in Chief) are filled by women.
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The Philippines scored the best with 78%, followed by zambia with 57% of top editorial positions filled by women.
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Somalia scored the worst with 0%, followed by Egypt with 9% of top editorial positions filled by women.

Overall

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Across all regions, 20.5% of the most senior business and editorial positions are filled by women.
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The Philippines scored best overall with 50%, followed by Zambia with 38.5% of top business and editorial positions filled by women.
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Somalia scored worst overall with 0%, followed by egypt with only 9% of top business and editorial positions filled by women.

Check out WIN’s Gender Balance Tools

Independent Training Tool

The Gender Balance microsite

The Gender Balance microsite allows you to learn more about the importance of having gender balanced content, as well as provide tools to identify gender balance in your own content, as well as in other team members’ work.The site is available in English, Arabic, Burmese, Vietnamese, and Russian.
Check out the website

Newsroom Handbook

A Gender Balance Guide for the Media

WIN has developed a practical guide for media organisations to increase gender balance in content. It helps media professionals identify implicit bias and provides practical approaches to improve gender balance in content. It is available in English, Arabic, Burmese, and Russian.
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Online Tracker

Gender Tracker

Check how gender balanced your content is and what you need to change. It's a free tool for media organisations, reporters, anyone. Know it to change it!
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Education and Training

WIN Accelerator Trainings

WIN Leadership Accelerator is an intensive, nine-month long career and leadership programme for journalists and editors working in Africa, the Arab Region and Southeast Asia.
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Podcast

Podcast

Listen to this episode of ‘The Backstory’, a podcast series from WAN-IFRA titled "Where are the women? Finding gender balance in the news" for tips on measuring the problem, and ways to fix it.
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