At the beginning of 2024, Transparency International – Macedonia published the report: “National Integrity System Assessment North Macedonia”, which contains an analysis of the situation of the 15 pillars of the national integrity system in relation to corruption and the effectiveness of national efforts to deal with corruption.
The NIS Report was prepared during 2022 and 2023 within the project “EU4 Rule of Law: Citizen Engagement for Public Integrity (CEPI) in the Western Balkans and Turkey”, which was funded by the European Union and the Government of Switzerland.
Within this Report, for the first time, there is a gender sensitivity analysis with recommendations conducted for the 14 pillars which are very relevant for the country’s integrity system. The analysis was conducted according to a methodology prepared by Transparency International. Gender sensitivity was one of the indicators to analyse the work of the 14 out of 15 pillars on which overall assessment was conducted.
Media
Only some news portals feature women’s voices and perspectives and cover issues such as sextortion, female unemployment, reproductive rights, family and political violence on women.
Score: 50/100
The Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men obliges broadcasters to promote programmes that raise awareness to equal opportunities and participation of women and men in the creation of the programme concepts and content.
Recommendations:
All media outlets should implement the Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men which obliges them to promote programmes that raise awareness to equal opportunities and participation of women and men in the creation of the programme concepts and content to the extent possible
The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services should improve its activities on monitoring the reporting standards of journalism and broadcasting on gender equality in all segments of the society
The media outlets should pay special attention to make the issues women and girls face visible and to focus on awareness raising as well as in showcasing / finding possible solutions to the problems women and girls face in the society
