The cost of a bullet is less than a dollar. Our client Lina overheard these chilling words spoken about her in the days before she was forced into marriage.

In partnership with Tahirih’s Forced Marriage Initiative, Mayer Brown LLP and Caterpillar Inc. completed an extensive pro bono research project in 2014 about conditions for individuals from the United States facing forced marriage overseas.

Tahirih Justice Center, an advocacy group for immigrant women, reported that about 3,000 cases of forced marriage took place in the United States from 2009 through 2011.

We presented our Change.org petition at a meeting with the White House Council on Women and Girls on March 18, marking a pivotal step in the growing movement to recognize forced marriage as a domestic problem and develop a comprehensive plan to protect individuals from this hidden human rights abuse in the United States.

The Harvard Law and International Development Society and the Harvard Women’s Law Association organized the exhibit in honor of International Women’s Day.

The three new members began their service Feb. 11 in Washington, D.C., where they join 15 current board members who shepherd Tahirih’s legacy of protecting immigrant women and girls in the United States from violence.

We are thrilled to introduce the first and only U.S.-based website of its kind, www.preventforcedmarriage.org.