One Woman Won a Nobel This Year. Quotas Aren’t the Answer, an Official Says. October 12, 2021 +1 but the head of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences dismissed the idea of guaranteeing representation. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Only one of the 13 laureates this year was a woman but the head of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences dismissed the idea of guaranteeing representation. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Only one of the 13 laureates this year was a woman