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Take Action and Ask Your Representative To Support VAWA!
Action Alerts
March 25th, 2019Tell your Representative that you support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act!
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Read to Save Lives!
Action Alerts
June 16th, 2016Tragically, 20 years after Fauziya Kassindja’s seminal victory, women seeking asylum are still being treated like criminals.
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Giving Survivors a Reason to Smile
News
March 1st, 2016Meet a courageous survivor and the compassionate dentist who helped her regain her smile.
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New Guidance for Asylum Officers Will Better Protect Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
News
February 26th, 2016USCIS recognizes that in communities where FGM/C occurs, other forms of persecution may await a girl or woman if she were forced to return to her home country.
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Meet Reha
News
February 15th, 2016Reha’s courageous refusal to subject her daughter to female genital mutilation/cutting meant both their lives were suddenly at risk.
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I Learned to Follow, and Real Change Happened
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August 7th, 2015Jaha’s journey has been transformative, not just for her, but for me. I am humbled to see someone so young leading us all as we fight for equality for girls and women.
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A Survivor Rebuilds Her Shattered World
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July 9th, 2015“There was nowhere safe in my country for me,” she says. “I fought for 12 years.” Read Camille’s remarkable story of survival.