• the representation of women varies greatly between the audio-visual industries - in broadcast TV, cable and satellite TV and film distribution women account for more than half of the workforce.  (Go to the Occupations section for more detail)
• the levels of female representation are lowest in electronic games (8%), processing labs (7%), facilities (22%), post production (26%) and offline multimedia (26%)
• 93% of the workforce in make-up and hairdressing are female
• 74% in costume/wardrobe are female
• 0.1% of the workforce in camera, lighting, sound and cinema projection are female

Source: Skillset website 2005

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Representation of women by audio visual sector, 2006