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.

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.

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.

This Slate article discusses the publicly searchable DHS database that includes confidential information on protected survivors of crime. Tahirih has asked DHS to take down this information immediately.

The Guardian reports that DHS’s new online database, VINE, includes confidential information on protected survivors of gender-based violence.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof cited the work of Tahirih’s Forced Marriage Initiative in this op-ed on child marriage in the U.S.

This Mother Jones article discusses the eye-opening results of a survey conducted by Tahirih and a coalition of national organizations.

Tahirih and partner organizations found that DHS’ new VINE database includes confidential information on survivors of crime and have asked that DHS remove their information immediately.

We invite you to read our full 2016 Impact Report to learn about all that we accomplished together, on a local and national level.

The Davis-Oliver Act will not only put survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence at greater risk, but will embolden violent criminals who pose a danger to us all.