On Nobel Committees, Underrepresentation of Women is Slowly Improving

Author Kristina Lugn, who passed away in May, was to have sat on this year's Nobel committee.

Of the seven on the Academy's Nobel committee this year, two are women.

"Our aim is gender balance... In putting together the committee a number of aspects have to be considered, and a perfect equilibrium has not been possible," the Swedish Academy's Permanent Secretary, Mats Malm, told AFP.

The Swedish Academy's first woman Permanent Secretary, Sara Danius, stepped down in 2018 amid a scandal that tore the institution apart. 

(Writers: Helene Dauschy, Pierre-Henry Deshayes)

Source: http://u.afp.com/3zdg