Indicator 10.1 Proportion of Women in the Media  
   
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 The media plays an important role in raising the public’s awareness and understanding of gender issues. On the other hand, the media could weaken the gender progress by projecting women’s image as second-class citizen or sexual objects. A sizable representation of women in the media is expected to lead to an appropriate and fair gender perspective.  
   
  Women in the media  
     
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 More women have joined the media. In 2002, women constituted 26% of the media. This proportion rose sharply to 38.4% in 2006. In general, women were slightly more active in the broadcast media than the print media.  
   
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 In 2005, only 12.1% of those in accountable positions, e.g. editor, publisher, managing director, chairman of the association, were women. The proportion was highest in Bangkok at 24.4%, followed by the South, the Central Region, and the North. The Northeast came last with only 8.6%  
   
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 The media and accountable persons by sex and region  
     
 
The media 2002 2003 2004
number % number % number %
total male female male female total male female male female total male female male female
Accountable persons in the media n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Bangkok (centrally registered media) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Central Region n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Northern Region n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Northeastern Region n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Southern Region n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Press IDs issued by the Department ofPublic Relations 881 652 229 74.01 25.99 641 478 163 74.57 25.43 642 439 203 68.38 31.62
print media 526 399 127 75.86 24.14 433 320 113 73.90 26.10 420 300 120 71.43 28.57
broadcast media 355 253 102 71.27 28.73 208 158 50 75.96 24.04 222 139 83 62.61 37.39
 
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The media 2005 2006
number % number %
totalt male female male female total male female male female
Accountable persons in the media 2,682 2,355 324 87.81 12.08 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Bangkok (centrally registered media) 172 130 42 75.58 24.42 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Central Region 847 758 86 89.49 10.15 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Northern Region 682 613 69 89.88 10.12 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Northeastern Region 593 542 51 91.40 8.60 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Southern Region 388 312 76 80.41 19.59 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Press IDs issued by the Department ofPublic Relations 473 330 143 69.77 30.23 818 504 314 61.61 38.39
print media 473 330 143 69.77 30.23 472 300 172 63.56 36.44
broadcast media 116 78 38 67.24 32.76 346 204 142 58.96 41.04