Statistics on gender gap in 17/18

'...the bias towards men was far greater in figures relating to the creative industries specifically. In 2016, 63 per cent of job roles were filled by men and 37 per cent by women. In comparison, men made up 53 per cent of workers across the whole of the UK and women 47 per cent.

The figures did show some improvement. A report that looked more closely at employment within each sector showed that the number of women working in design and designer fashion increased by 23 per cent between 2015 and 2016 – the second highest increase across all of the nine creative industries sub-sectors after advertising and marketing.'The issue of gender inequality in design has been a much-discussed topic of late. Industry studies have found a huge disparity in pay, as well problems relating to long hours and childcare. Figures from the 2016 Women in Architecture survey released earlier this year showed salary discrepancies of up to £55,000 between female employees and their male counterparts, and widespread discrimination in the workplace and on site.

https://www.dezeen.com/2017/08/07/lack-diversity-uk-creative-industries-revealed-government-report-dcms-digital-culture-media-sport/

In my presentation I suggested that if graphic design history were revised to include more of the accomplishments of female graphic designers, it would be one part of the process of achieving equal industry status for female graphic designers. Knowing that the reason female graphic designers rarely appear in our history books is due to the way that history is made, rather than a lack of actual contribution, could help the industry realise its goal of gender equality.

https://www.designhistorysociety.org/blog/view/feature-where-are-the-women-gender-disparities-in-graphic-design-history