Animation Present Gender Disparity Data
by The Daily Eye Team June 20 2015, 8:42 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 32 secsAccording to a survey of several L.A.-based animation schools 60% of animation students are women. But only 20% of all animation creative’s are women.
The telling data, from Women in Animation (WIA) board member surveys and statistics gathered in 2015 by the Animation Guild, formed some of the key talking points at a panel discussion entitled Women In Animation that took place Wednesday June 17 at Annecy’s MIFA market. In other data, in 2006, men made up 84% of the animation workforce, whereas roles filled by women totalled 16%. In 2015, men make up 80% and roles filled by women still only total 20%.