Discussion and Book Signing in Houston on March 8th in Honor of International Women’s Day
Join the Tahirih Justice Center in Houston, TX on March 8, 2010 for: Voices of Courage: Immigrant Women and Girls Fleeing Violence. In honor of International Women’s Day, Tahirih will be holding a discussion and book signing by Layli Miller-Muro, Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center and co-author of Do They Hear You When You Cry.
Ms. Miller-Muro founded the Tahirih Justice Center in 1997 following a well-publicized asylum case in which she was involved as a student attorney. Do They Hear You When You Cry (Delacorte Press 1998) tells the story of that case, written by Ms. Miller-Muro and Fauziya Kassindja, a 17-year-old woman who fled Togo in fear of a forced polygamous marriage and a tribal practice known as female genital mutilation. After arriving in the United States and spending more than 17 months in detention, Ms. Kassindja was granted asylum on appeal. Her case made legal history and established national precedent, enabling women to receive asylum on the basis of gender-based persecution.
Voices of Courage:
Immigrant Women and Girls Fleeing Violence
In honor of International Women’s Day
Monday, March 8, 2010
6:00 – 8:00pm
Rice University Student Center
Farnsworth Pavilion
Appetizers and beverages will be served. RSVP to Madelaine Delgado at houston@tahirih.org.
