The EP pushed for 1999 to be the "European Year of action to combat violence against women", following which the EU came up with the Daphne programme to fight violence against women and children.
Tā, piemēram, 1994. gada šī balva tika pasniegta Taslima Nasreen , ārstei un feministei no Bangladešas, kas cīnās par sieviešu līdztiesību islāma valstīs.