“You have treated us worse than an animal.” This is Lilian’s message. The teen mom slit her wrists at a detention center in Texas.

Violence against women and girls is not just a problem in countries like Afghanistan and Somalia. It’s happening in the U.S., too.

The cost of a bullet is less than a dollar. Our client Lina overheard these chilling words spoken about her in the days before she was forced into marriage.

A severe backlog of immigration cases, combined with a shortage of judges, is delaying justice for Tahirih clients.

Tahirih Justice Center creates individualized escape plans for girls like Naila in forced marriage situations in the U.S.

A recently published article about forced marriage in The Washington Post perpetuated harmful stereotypes and excluded the experiences of many communities.

Tahirih Justice Center, an advocacy group for immigrant women, reported that about 3,000 cases of forced marriage took place in the United States from 2009 through 2011.