A survey on journalist working practices in Morocco published on January 22 found that 4 out of 10 female journalists admitted to experiencing workplace harassment.
Out of 66 Moroccan female journalists who participated in the research study called “The Gender Approach in Moroccan Media Institutions and the Protection of Female Journalists,” 29 said they had experienced workplace harassment, representing 43.9% of those surveyed; while 37% said they had never experienced such harassment, making up a percentage of 56.1%.
Published in Al Quds Al Arabi media with an analysis of the results, the survey was conducted by the Moroccan journalist Majda Ait Elkettaoui, Coordinator of the “Moroccan Association of Young Women Journalists”.
In the course of carrying out their regular professional duties, 31 female journalists, representing 91.2%, acknowledged not reporting their coworkers, officials, and other harassers.
Only 3 female journalists reported those who harassed them, according to the survey.
25 female journalists believe that there is no material discrimination between male and female journalists, at a rate of 37.9%, while 41 female journalists out of 66 participants in the questionnaire, who are members of various private and public media institutions, reported that there is a difference in estimating the performance and effort between male and female journalists on the financial level.
A total of 35 female journalists responded affirmatively (53%), compared to 31 who responded negatively (47%), regarding the wage gap between them and their male colleagues.
When compared to the 28 female journalists who confirmed that their institutions take into account their needs and privacy, a rate of 57.6% of female journalists out of 66 participants said that the management of the media institution in which they work does not take into account the needs and privacy of women at work.
Twelve female journalists, representing 30.8% of the total, stated that they worked late into the night, while nine, or 23.1%, said to work a lot of hours, the same proportion of female journalists who complain about unsuitable working hours.
One female journalist cited the management’s ignorance of menstruation and the inability of female journalists to benefit from a break during these periods, while another female journalist criticized what she called working at any time without rest.
In total, 7 female journalists criticized the lack of adequate facilities within the media organization by 17.9%.
The female journalists who took part in the study demanded equal pay, a consideration of their privacy, and a reduction of working hours for mothers during the first three years following childbirth.
They also called for the integration of nurseries within media organizations with more than 50 employees as well as consideration of female journalists’ privacy while at work.
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