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Tahirih Featured in PBS Frontline Child Marriage Series
Tahirih’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
Jeanne 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
Tahirih 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.
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New York Governor Signs Law to Protect Children from Forced Marriage and Other Lifelong Harm
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill to reform minimum marriage age laws to raise the age “floor” to 17 and put in judicial safeguards against forced marriage. Tahirih was honored to attend the bill signing in Albany.
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Texas Just Banned Child Marriage
The Huffington Post highlights Tahirih’s efforts to draft and drive a bill banning child marriage in Texas.
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Texas, the State With the Country’s Second-Highest Child Marriage Rate, Finally Bans It
This Slate article recognizes Tahirih’s work to write the law to end child marriage in Texas.
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New Texas Law Will Limit Marriage to Legal Adults and Protect Vulnerable Children
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill to limit marriage to legal adults. Tahirih is proud to have helped draft and advance this bill through the legislative process.
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Texas Has The Second-Highest Rate Of Youth Marriage In The U.S
Tahirih Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy Jeanne Smoot discussed the need for Senate Bill 1705 to raise the minimum age of marriage in Texas.
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Trump Administration Ends Program for Mothers, Children Seeking Asylum
As the Family Case Management System prepares to close, the chief of policy for Tahirih, Archi Pyati, warns of the consequences for women and children fleeing violence.
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Deportation Fears Silence Some Domestic Violence Victims
TIME spoke with Tahirih Houston Executive Director Anne Chandler and Staff Attorney Libby Hasse for this story on how the new Administration’s policies are affecting immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.