With 13 states having ended child marriage entirely, and every state from North Carolina to Maine taking action on the issue since 2016, D.C. must take urgent action to end child marriage.

In September 1994, Congress passed the landmark, bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a law that saved and transformed countless lives. After the passage of VAWA, the rate of intimate […]

At the Tahirih Justice Center we believe everyone has the right to live with dignity and safety in thriving communities. As a secular organization founded on the principles of the […]

With the upcoming elections this fall, we are hearing increased dehumanizing rhetoric about people legally seeking safety. In this climate, Tahirih is clear about our principles and policy priorities. We […]

The Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2024 is groundbreaking federal legislation that represents the first concerted effort by the United States Congress to condemn and prevent child marriage domestically. View the one pager and section-by-section summary of the bill here.

Today marks a historic milestone in the fight against child marriage in the United States with the introduction of the Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2024. This groundbreaking federal legislation represents the first concerted effort by the United States Congress to condemn and prevent child marriage domestically.

It is abundantly clear that authorizing asylum officers to consider certain mandatory bars during the CF/RF stage will have a significant impact on the ability of survivors fleeing gender-based persecution to obtain asylum. To propose this change under the guise of purported “operational flexibility” so that the government can remove asylum seekers swiftly without regard to the meritoriousness of their claims for asylum is unconscionable.