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Layli Miller-Muro Wins 2012 Goldman Sachs Award
The Goldman Sachs award goes to leaders in organizations across a wide spectrum of fields, from finance to philanthropy.
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Once Victims, Two Women Crusade Against Abusive Traditions
The two women met for the first time last week at a sleek Georgetown hotel, where they were speakers at a glittering charity dinner. They shook hands and hugged across a vast gulf of culture, geography and faith: one a devout Muslim from West Africa with her hair carefully hidden under a tight scarf, the other a gregarious South Asian in a stylish sari and costume earrings.
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“Honor Killing” Under Growing Scrutiny in U.S.
Although many Americans may think that phenomena such as forced marriages and so-called “honor killings” exist only overseas, social service agencies, educators, and a growing number of law enforcement personnel know differently.
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Fear of Deportation Becomes Abusers’ Weapon
In the past decade, several new laws have allowed abused foreign-born women, including those who entered the United States illegally and those whose immigration status depends on their spouse, to obtain legal residency on their own.
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The Power of Many: Tahirih’s Innovative Pro Bono Model Featured in Award-Winning Magazine
We were in the courtroom and I caught my client’s eyes. They filled with tears, and then she looked forward toward the judge and jury. She was a very small Ukrainian woman and very scared.
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Forced Marriage and ‘Honor Killings’ Happen in Britain, U.S., Too
Forced marriage and honor violence are often viewed in the West as backward customs relegated to impoverished developing nations. But a spate of gruesome honor killings in the U.K., and new research about the prevalence of underage marriage in the U.S., for the first time show that this kind of violence against women is far more widespread.
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A Night of Extraordinary Women
Do something! That’s what the courageous women activists and leaders urged at the launch of the Women in the World Foundation in Manhattan on Tuesday.
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Dan Rather Interviews Tahirih Founder on Problem of Forced Marriage in U.S.
Rather spoke with Miller-Muro about the hidden problem of forced marriage in the U.S.
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Layli Miller-Muro Gives TEDx Grand Rapids Talk
TED is a global series of conferences run by the Sapling Foundation, under the slogan “Ideas Worth Sharing.”
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Clearer Rules Urged for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Gender-Related Persecution
Women seeking political asylum in the United States based on gender-related persecution can get mired in a legal labyrinth that can leave their cases unresolved for years.
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