In 1994 it was awarded to Taslima Nasreen, a Bangladeshi feminist doctor fighting for woman's equality in Islamic countries and in 2005, Nigerian lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim was one of the laureates for her work defending women condemned to death by stoning for adultery.
Kā iespējami risinājumi tika minēti valsts atbalsts, elastīgi lekciju laiki un mācīšanās no attāluma vai pat skolu izglītības koncentrēšana un saīsināšana.