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U.S. States Seek to End Child Marriage
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June 27th, 2017Jeanne Smoot, Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy, joined Al Jazeera English’s The Stream to discuss the movement to end child marriage in the U.S.
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Texas Just Banned Child Marriage
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June 19th, 2017The Huffington Post highlights Tahirih’s efforts to draft and drive a bill banning child marriage in Texas.
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Texas, the State With the Country’s Second-Highest Child Marriage Rate, Finally Bans It
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June 19th, 2017This Slate article recognizes Tahirih’s work to write the law to end child marriage in Texas.
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Texas Has The Second-Highest Rate Of Youth Marriage In The U.S
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June 15th, 2017Tahirih Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy Jeanne Smoot discussed the need for Senate Bill 1705 to raise the minimum age of marriage in Texas.
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Trump Administration Ends Program for Mothers, Children Seeking Asylum
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June 12th, 2017As the Family Case Management System prepares to close, the chief of policy for Tahirih, Archi Pyati, warns of the consequences for women and children fleeing violence.
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Deportation Fears Silence Some Domestic Violence Victims
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May 31st, 2017TIME spoke with Tahirih Houston Executive Director Anne Chandler and Staff Attorney Libby Hasse for this story on how the new Administration’s policies are affecting immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.
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Trump Administration’s Database of “Criminal Aliens” is Dangerous—and Quite Possibly Illegal
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May 30th, 2017This Slate article discusses the publicly searchable DHS database that includes confidential information on protected survivors of crime. Tahirih has asked DHS to take down this information immediately.