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Posts tagged Female Genital Mutilation
  • Focus on Child Marriage, Genital Mutilation at All-Time High

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    July 23rd, 2014

    Inter Press Service, a global news agency that focuses on coverage of marginalized communities, brought attention to Tahirih’s call for a coordinated, federal response to the problem of forced marriage in the United States in an article published this week.

  • A Harrowing Story of Female Genital Mutilation, and the Houston Group Fighting for Women Refugees

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    September 26th, 2012

    When Kadi entered the United States for the second time, she knew there would be no returning to her home country of Mali. An activist who fought for women’s rights and who defied her husband and community to protect her daughter from female genital mutilation, she knew that returning would cost her her life and leave her daughter without a protector.

  • Once Victims, Two Women Crusade Against Abusive Traditions

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    May 2nd, 2012

    The two women met for the first time last week at a sleek Georgetown hotel, where they were speakers at a glittering charity dinner. They shook hands and hugged across a vast gulf of culture, geography and faith: one a devout Muslim from West Africa with her hair carefully hidden under a tight scarf, the other a gregarious South Asian in a stylish sari and costume earrings.

  • Tahirih Wins High-Profile Asylum Case for Young Woman Who Suffered FGM/C

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    April 26th, 2011

    The court decision reflects a critical course-correction from earlier decisions by both the judge and the nation’s highest immigration court that held asylum claims by women who have suffered FGM to a higher legal standard than claims by other asylum applicants.

  • Documentary Captures Mom’s Plight to Protect Daughter from FGM

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    February 11th, 2011

    For anyone who would better understand the journeys of Tahirih’s clients, of women like them, and of women wrestling with the cultural tradition of FGM, “Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter” is not a film to be missed.

  • A Note From Layli: Year End Reflections

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    December 8th, 2009

    As a mother, I know that there isn’t anything you wouldn’t do to protect and feed your child. Parents all over the world are united in their primordial instincts to protect their children. It is this same impulse to safeguard one’s family that motivates our clients to flee horrific forms of violence and come to us seeking help.

  • Tahirih Clients Speak Out Against FGM in Washington Post

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    November 3rd, 2008

    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.