Tahirih Featured in Washington Post Article about the Challenges Facing Women Asylum Seekers
“Clearer Rules Urged For Asylum Seekers: System Fails to Protect Women, Study Says”
By Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post Staff Writer, Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Washington Post draws attention to the challenges faced by women seeking asylum in the United States based on gender-related persecution. The article comes the day after Tahirih hosted a Congressional Briefing to present a new report on women and girls in the US asylum system. The Post highlights the struggles of Tahirih’s clients caught in the system, such as a 23-year-old Honduran woman. She was the victim of severe domestic violence by the man she was living with, a Honduran police officer, but despite her many complaints to law enforcement, she never received protection. She then fled to the United States after the man threatened to kill her but was denied asylum due to the unsettled law concerning women fleeing domestic violence. Read the full article >
