Women on Air is first of all seeking measurable targets, suggesting an initial 40:60 ratio of female to male contributors that moves to 50:50 in a given timeframe. âProper monitoringâ could work on a model similar to the political party airtime monitoring deployed during elections, said Ms Duffy, an RTÃ news editor currently serving as foreign editor.
The last in-depth report, by the National Womenâs Council of Ireland and DCUâs FuJo Institute, was published in 2015. It found that 72 per cent of voices â including presenters and reporters â on national current affairs radio were men. When it focused on guest contributors only, two-thirds of the broadcast time was provided by men.