The representation of women on television and radio - Report on fiscal year 2021

Summary

The mission of the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication (Arcom) is to promote the fair representation of women and men on the airwaves, and to help fight discrimination on the grounds of gender. To this end, Arcom supports the audiovisual media, as models of representation and levers for social change, in improving the representation of women on their airwaves and enriching their programming to fight agains gender stereotypes and violence against women.

This report begins by outlining Arcom's activities over the past year. It then analyzes the quantitative and qualitative statements made by TV and radio channels on the representation of women in their programs. For the third year running, Arcom has continued its collaboration with the research department of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA), in order to gain a finer appreciation of the differences in representation of women and men in the media, in terms of both presence percentage and speaking time given to women.