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The Loopholes That Allow Child Marriage in the U.S.
August 30th, 2017This NPR story features the eye-opening findings of Tahirih’s new report on child marriage in the U.S.
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New Report Examines Alarming Laws That Allow Child Marriage in the U.S.
August 30th, 2017Tahirih has released a groundbreaking report that provides state lawmakers with the information they need to pass laws that more effectively protect children from the harms of child marriage.
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The Government Has Finally Stopped Publicizing Abuse Victims’ Personal Information
July 20th, 2017Tahirih received an update from the DHS assuring that the DHS-VINE database will no longer disclose the federally-protected personal information of victims of crime.
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Update: ICE Removes Protected Names From Public Database and Pledges to Safeguard Data in the Future
July 17th, 2017ICE shared with Tahirih in a July 14 letter that it has removed from its publicly searchable database all federally protected information on immigrant victims of crime.
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Tahirih Featured in PBS Frontline Child Marriage Series
July 10th, 2017Tahirih’s legislative advocacy and groundbreaking legal research on child marriage laws were recently featured in a PBS Frontline series on child marriage in America.
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U.S. States Seek to End Child Marriage
June 27th, 2017Jeanne Smoot, Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy, joined Al Jazeera English’s The Stream to discuss the movement to end child marriage in the U.S.
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Supreme Court Permits Some to Travel But Allows for Discrimination Against Muslims From Certain Countries
June 26th, 2017Tahirih issued this statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear legal arguments on the constitutionality of the travel ban Executive Order and to allow the Order to go into limited effect.