Women's participation at decision making level in the news media of Bangladesh

The main objective of this study was to identify the present status of women's participation at policy-making levels in the news media of Bangladesh. It explores the organizational culture of media that remains predominantly masculine, where women are still far behind from the decision-making levels. The study followed quantitative research design, where 26 media houses were selected purposively from news agencies, electronic, print, and online media. Data was collected from sample media houses using interview method with a structured questionnaire. Results showed that the participation of women journalists was insignificant in ownership of media, decision-making levels, reporting section, editing section, and many other sections of journalism as the presence of female journalists was very less. These results a significant roadmap for formulating and introducing an appropriate strategy to resolve the issues and the positional representation of male and female journalists that will lead to eliminating inequality between men and women in this evolving profession.