For web reference: Yacoobi received the Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights in 2004 and the Democracy Award from the National Endowment for Democracy in 2005. AIL has also received a 2006 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2009, she received the Kravis Prize for her work in establishing schools for young girls in Afghanistan. In 2012, she was awarded the Worlds Children's Prize for her work in fighting for the rights of young children to be educated. In 2013, she was awarded the $1 million Opus Prize for unsung heroes.