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 [...]
Read more...On November 13, 2009, the Tahirih Justice Center celebrated the opening of its Houston office with an Inaugural Reception attended by over 130 members of the Houston corporate, nonprofit, academic, and religious communities. Remarks were provided by the First Lady of Houston, Andrea White. Shell Oil Company and the Bridgeway Foundation were honored for their [...]
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The Tahirih Justice Center held its Twelfth Annual Fundraising Benefit on September 30, 2009, at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC. The evening was a wonderful and moving celebration of twelve years of service dedicated to courageous women and girls seeking justice from gender-based violence.
We are happy to report that the annual benefit was a [...]
Over the last decade, the United States’ commitment to protect women and girls fleeing violent human rights abuses has been called into question. Conflicting and incoherent judicial decisions on female genital mutilation, forced marriage, and other forms of gender-based violence have made it difficult for many women and girls to successfully petition for asylum in [...]
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For the third year in a row, world-renowned pearl dealer Amy Lin will be returning from China to sell her beautiful discounted jewelry to benefit the Tahirih Justice Center’s efforts to provide justice to immigrant women and girls fleeing gender-based violence. Tahirih receives 40% of the entire sale. Pearls are sold at a wide range [...]
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The Tahirih Justice Center is thrilled to announce that actor Sam Waterston, of the critically acclaimed NBC television show Law & Order, will be the Keynote Speaker and honored guest at Tahirih’s 2009 Annual Fundraising Benefit scheduled for September 30, 2009, at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. During the evening, we will be joined by [...]
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Rainn Wilson serves as Master of Ceremonies, Congressman James Moran and Tahirih Client Speaker Rati Sud provide touching remarks, and Irena Lieberman remembers Michael Maggio. Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan serves as Honorary Chair of the distinguished Benefit Committee. The event is the most…
Read more...Tahirih is thrilled to announce that we sold over $100,000 worth of pearls during our annual pearl sales event in November 2008. Forty percent of this total was donated to the Tahirih Justice Center, which means that we will be able to protect at least 10 additional women and girls fleeing gender-based persecution.
The Tahirih [...]
Excitement Grows for Tahirih’s Upcoming Benefit
Tahirih’s Eleventh Annual Fundraising Benefit will take place at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA on September 27, 2008. Join us as we come together to support courageous women and girls who are fleeing gender-based violence.
We are honored that Rainn Wilson, the Emmy-nominated actor who plays “Dwight” in the [...]
In September 2007, the nation’s highest immigration court, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), issued a disturbing decision (Matter of A-T-) denying the request for asylum of a young woman who was subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) as a child and who fears a forced marriage if she is returned to Mali. The BIA’s [...]
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