Tahirih is concerned that HB 5442, a bill setting new conditions for the issuance of marriage licenses to minors in Connecticut, does not include several critical safeguards to help protect them from abuse.

Tahirih Houston’s Senior Staff Attorney spoke with the Houston Chronicle for this story about the growing fear among immigrant communities across the country.

The Tahirih Justice Center’s Immigration and Family Law Staff Attorney in Baltimore, Daniella Pozzo, appeared on the cover of The Daily Record’s April 2017 Maryland Family Law Update.

Tahirih’s Chief of Policy and Programs spoke with The Daily Beast for this story about asylum seekers in the U.S. who have fled horrific violence in their home countries.

Tahirih issued this statement after a federal judge in San Francisco ruled to temporarily block efforts to withhold funds from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions.

A former client of Tahirih’s Forced Marriage Initiative shared her powerful story with the New York Times Upfront to raise awareness about child marriage in the U.S.

This Houston Chronicle article tells the story of a courageous survivor advocate working with Tahirih and Texas state legislators to change Texas’ minimum age law.

Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy explains in the Washington Post that America’s child marriage laws make children vulnerable to abuse, coercion, and exploitation.

Tahirih’s Chief of Policy and Programs and a courageous former Tahirih client are featured in this article about fear of deportation among survivors of gender-based violence.

Watch Tahirih CEO Layli Miller-Muro’s Facebook Live discussion with journalist Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times.