The Gender Divide

Not only is CBC Diversity concerned with increasing the representation of all youth in the books that they read, but the initiative is also concerned with the make-up of the children's book publishing industry and creating a representative and equal environment in the workplace. Publishing, similar to librarianship and teaching, has the appearance of being a very female-saturated industry but, if what the following infographic illustrates (courtesy of Learnstuff.com) can be applied to all industries, it might be interesting to see just where the publishing world fits in.