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Mayor Turner Asserts Houston’s Commitment to Being a Welcoming City for Immigrants and Refugees
December 12th, 2016Mayor Turner expressed Houston’s support for immigrants and refugees and commitment to immigrant survivors of crimes at a recent press conference.
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Tahirih Releases National Consultation Summary Report: Should Forced Marriage be Criminalized in the United States?
December 2nd, 2016Tahirih’s report details advocates’ perspectives on the potential risks and benefits of making forced marriage a criminal offense in the U.S.
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Report: U.S. State Statutes on Minimum Marriage Age
November 22nd, 2016Tahirih’s compilation of all 50 states’ laws on minimum marriage age and exceptions is the focus of a November 2016 article in The Chronicle of Social Change.
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Statutory Compilation Shows How State Laws Permit Child Marriage to Persist in Present-Day America
November 18th, 2016A new compilation of all 50 states’ laws on minimum marriage age and exceptions reveals the ways in which state statutes allow children to be married.
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Letter From Layli: Reflections on the Election
November 10th, 2016This moment is an opportunity to deeply examine ourselves.
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Tahirih Responds to Pew Report on Child Marriage in the U.S.
November 8th, 2016Researchers missed the real headline: Child marriage is a serious problem in the United States!
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‘You Make a Tremendous Impact,’ Layli Miller-Muro Tells Houston
September 30th, 2016Tahirih is on the front lines of battling the epidemic of violence against women, along with the army of supporters who make our work possible.