Convention on the Rights of the Child

Table 9

Special programmes on family and children’s issues and air time devoted to them

		2003–2004
		Channel One		Channel Two		Total
Item	Items and programmes	Air time	Percentage (1)	Air time	Percentage (1)	Air time	Percentage (2)
1	Mother and family programmes	387.32	4.4	32.31	1	419.63	5.4
2	Social programmes	357.26	4.1	30.31	9	387.57	5
3	Health programmes	127.23	1.5	28.43	9	155.66	2.4
4	Economic programmes	43.05	0.5	17.34	5	60.39	1
Total		914.86	10.5	108.39	3.3	1 023.25	13.8

Table 10

Themes covered by media programmes aimed at families and children

		Developing cultural and scientific knowledge and raising national awareness		Song and music		Introducing traditional games to children` in the country’s governorates		Presenting a diverse range of information on the country’s governorates		Conducting interviews on location in order to learn about children’s thoughts and desires		Discovering children’s talents		Rights of children and children with disabilities		Welcoming in the new school year		Getting children to know each other		Total
Item	Type of programme	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage	Air time	Percentage
1	Children’s club	229	22.4	172	16.8	5	0.5	70	6.8	55	5.4	15	1.5	6	0.6	4	0.4	4	0.4	560	54.8
2	Friends’ competition/ match	122	11.9	65	6.4	78	7.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	265	25.9
3	Competition/ national	139	13.6	59	5.5	00	00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	198	19.4
	Total	490	47.9	296	29	83	8.1	70	6.8	55	5.4	15	1.5	6	0.6	4	0.4	4	0.4	1 023	100.1