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Courageous Voice Honoree, Moly, Shares Her Journey to Freedom
News
November 1st, 2018Courageous Voice Honoree and former Tahirih client, Moly, stood before 400 guests to tell her brave story of escaping an impending forced marriage.
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Tahirih Responds to Incorrectly Cited Gender-Based Violence Research in DHS/DOJ Report
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January 17th, 2018The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice released a deeply flawed report that, among other problems, incorrectly cites Tahirih’s data on forced marriage.
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11 Years Old, a Mom, and Pushed to Marry Her Rapist in Florida
News
May 26th, 2017New 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.
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Too Young to Say ‘I Do’?
News
April 25th, 2017A 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.
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A Child Bride in Texas
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January 27th, 2016A writer opens up about her mother’s harrowing experience with forced marriage in the Houston Chronicle.
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2014 Impact Report
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July 2nd, 2015In 2014, we launched the Children’s Border Project to respond to the acute needs of unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border, and our groundbreaking Forced Marriage Initiative reached new heights of success.
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2013 Impact Report
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April 23rd, 2014At the time of this publication, Tahirih had assisted nearly 15,000 women and children seeking protection from gender-based human rights abuses such as rape, female genital mutilation, domestic violence, human trafficking, “honor” crimes, and forced marriage.