{"id":17137,"date":"2021-10-15T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/nobel-academy-chief-rules-out-quotas-for-women-minorities-says-prize-will-go-to-most-worthy\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T11:48:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:48:42","slug":"nobel-academy-chief-rules-out-quotas-for-women-minorities-says-prize-will-go-to-most-worthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/nobel-academy-chief-rules-out-quotas-for-women-minorities-says-prize-will-go-to-most-worthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Academy Chief Rules Out Quotas For Women, Minorities Says Prize Will Go To \u2018Most Worthy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline The Nobel Prizes will not establish any quotas for women and ethnic minorities, the head of the academy that awards the prizes said on Monday, after the Nobel committee faced criticism due to the lack of diversity among this year\u2019s laureates and the historic underrepresentation of women and minorities among the list of awardees. 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