Adama Iwu, Keynote Speaker at Tahirih’s 21st Annual Gala, calls upon all of us to protect immigrant women and girls and press for change.

Hero. Pillar of strength. Incarnation of the word perseverance. These are but a few ways to describe this year’s Greater DC Courageous Voice Honoree, Aicha Abdoulaye Mahamane.

At Tahirih’s 21st Annual Gala, CEO Layli Miller-Muro spoke of the actions we can each take to stand up for social justice and influence the spirit of the world.

Eun Yang, NBC News4 Today Anchor, served as Master of Ceremonies for Tahirih’s 21st Annual Gala, a night of celebration and commitment to the tireless pursuit of justice for women and girls fleeing violence.

Lawmakers in Utah are pushing to raise the legal marriage age to 18.

Delaware is the first state in the United States to ban marriage under the age of 18.

Delaware Governor John Carney has signed into law a bill that sets the state’s minimum age of marriage at 18. With this law, Delaware is the first state in the nation to limit marriage to individuals age 18 or older, no exceptions.

The Attorney General is about to decide whether to reverse policy that offers asylum to survivors of gender-based violence. Learn how Tahirih is leading the charge to maintain asylum for survivors.

Meet Hania, a member of the Social Services team in Tahirih’s Houston office. As a child of Mexican immigrants, Hania’s acute awareness of the struggles and successes immigrant families experience was informed by her upbringing. This awareness led to a deeply-rooted empathy for the clients she now advocates for through Tahirih.

Today, Tahirih delivered our petition on asylum for domestic violence survivors to the Attorney General. At the time of delivery, this petition had received nearly 60,000 signatures!