Gender Diversity In Nobel Prize Nomination Report 2022

RUNNING HEAD: GENDER DIVERSITY IN NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATION

1GENDER DIVERSITY IN NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATION
The rarity of the receipt of the Nobel Prize by the women all across the world has raised
questions about the exclusion of the “Second Sex” in the education and careers particularly in
science. The aura of announcement of the nomination has been deemed in recent years as the
question of the little representation of the women has been highlighted. Since the first receipt of
the Nobel Prize in 1901, a total of 892 individuals have been awarded with the prestigious prize,
but, strikingly, the number of women in this list has been as low as forty eight. Among this
marginal ratio, 30 of these women have received the prize either in the field of literature or
peace. This statistics highlights the wide gender gap in the laureates for areas in science
particularly in physics, medicine or chemistry (Gibney, 2018). After Madam Curie, who was the
first woman to receive Nobel Prize in Physics, there are only two women who have received the
prize in this particular field. Elion Claire and Esther Duflo are the only tows Nobel laureate in
Economics, though the later had received the prize jointly with her husband.
One of the reasons for this disparity can be traced with the underlying structures of the
society where there are not enough representation of the women in the higher level of the
scientific studies. Thus, it has often been argued that by reinforcing the gender balance in the
Nobel Prize Nomination, the committee can actually give rise to the compromising with the
quality. The incorporation of the quota in the committee can actually hamper the primary aim of
felicitating the most desirable and competent candidate (Sanderson & Siegfried 2019).
The argument of another school of disciplines follows the line that the work of the
women is often overlooked. This argument recommends that the committee that is changing
effectively every year must keep track on the factor that the works of women are duly noted and
brought in the visibility. With the confession of the chairperson of the Nobel Committee, it is