The Tahirih Justice Center is a national, nonprofit organization that serves women, girls, and all immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. Our whole-person approach provides each survivor with free legal support and social services to secure their rights and build stable lives. By amplifying the experiences of immigrant survivors, our mission is to create a world in which all people share equal rights and live in safety and with dignity.
About Us
Our transformative approach to ending gender-based violence
By combining free legal services and social services case management with bridge-building policy advocacy and research-based training and education, Tahirih advocates both for individual immigrant survivors and to change the systems that are complicit in the conditions of their oppression.
Values
Tahirih is a secular organization founded on the principles of the Baha’i faith and works to create a world in which all people share equal rights and live in safety and with dignity.
History
Layli Miller-Muro founded Tahirih in 1997 after her involvement in a case that revolutionized asylum law.
Team
Our distinguished staff, board of directors, ambassadors, and local advisory councils steer our work to secure justice for survivors.
Current Locations
Baltimore
Founded in 2010
Greater DC
Founded in 1997
Houston
Founded in 2009
San Francisco Bay Area
Founded in 2016
Atlanta
Founded in 2018
Who was Tahirih?
Born in 1814, Tahirih (TAH-heh-ray) was an exemplar of women’s strength in Persia, at a time when most women were kept illiterate and hidden from the public sphere.
