On August 17, 2024, Aaron Bao, a junior at the Harker School in San Jose, California, will host “Soaring in Concert” to support the Tahirih Justice Center. This year’s event aims to raise $30,000 to aid immigrant survivors of gender-based violence

Meet a courageous survivor and the compassionate dentist who helped her regain her smile.

USCIS 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.

Reha’s courageous refusal to subject her daughter to female genital mutilation/cutting meant both their lives were suddenly at risk.

Jaha’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.

“There was nowhere safe in my country for me,” she says. “I fought for 12 years.” Read Camille’s remarkable story of survival.

Inter Press Service, a global news agency that focuses on coverage of marginalized communities, brought attention to Tahirih’s call for a coordinated, federal response to the problem of forced marriage in the United States in an article published this week.