Tahirih Clients Speak Out Against FGM in Today’s Washington Post
“Area Immigrants with Wounds That Won’t Heal. Mutilated Women Seek Asylum in US”
The Washington Post, November 3, 2008, by Pamela Constable
This powerful article highlights the plight of several Tahirih clients who have suffered female genital mutilation and whose lives continue to be affected by the violence they have suffered. Interviews with Tahirih clients, as well as quotes from Layli Miller-Muro, Tahirih’s Executive Director, are included. In addition, the article discusses how recent court decisions threaten to challenge legal protections available to women and girls fleeing female genital mutilation. Read full Washington Post article >
