Foyo IMS, a study published in the Ethiopian media on Gender Equality Index last month, selected seven media outlets and examined women's issues. This study divides women's participation into editorial decision-making and formal leadership.
Fana Broadcasting Corporation, which has a large number of female employees in the study, is only one of 25 leaders. Forty percent of editorial decisions are made by women.
Only 13 of Ethiopia's 64 largest employers are women. And only 16.6 percent of women make editorial decisions.
This study shows that there are more women journalists in the broadcast media than in print. Another reason for this is the declining number of print media outlets, including the inability of the sector to retain female journalists.
Fasika Tadesse, who has been leading a print media for more than four years and recently resigned due to gender-based violence, explains why the media has few female leaders.
Before spending eight years as a journalist, Fasika described the challenges women media leaders face on a daily basis, unlike men. "One day she will face a man who never thought she would have a boss," she says.
"Many men find it difficult to accept women's leadership because of the prevalence of male dominance in the society and family in which they grew up.
She says she quit her job months ago due to verbal abuse from her male co-worker. She says she has been through the same thing before, but she is still emotionally upset.
"All my colleagues, including my bosses, sent sexually explicit messages. I know you would not send this message to your male partner," she said.
Despite her high position in the newspaper, she says she has lost her audience beyond being "exaggerated". As a result, she announced that she had decided to quit her job and take the matter to court.
It was at this point that the company wrote a warning letter: "We do not use workplace language; She argued that this was not the case, but rather that she should be investigated and punished.
"Most people are not aware that this is a criminal offense. The Labor Code clearly states that. "I left and went out,"
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