Tahirih launches the Campaign to Prevent Abuse and Exploitation through the International Marriage Broker Industry to address the abuse of “mail-order brides.”

Spurred by the widespread media coverage of Fauziya’s case, Congress enacts a federal law to ban FGM in the United States.

Tahirih begins representing victims of human trafficking under new law.

Tahirih litigates a precedent-setting decision that clarifies that mandatory detention provisions contained in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 cannot apply retroactively.

Tahirih serves as a consultant to the U.S. State Department to assist in the conceptual development of legislation that becomes the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act. The law […]

In partnership with Feminist Majority Foundation, Tahirih establishes the Afghan Women Project, which enables several hundred Afghan women to receive refugee status in the United States.

Tahirih hires first paid staff to represent women seeking asylum from gender-based persecution.