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UN Association Honors Tahirih’s Miller-Muro for Work in Human Rights
Miller-Muro described as tireless advocate for immigrant women’s rights.
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Founder of Tahirih to Receive Human Rights Award
Layli Miller-Muro, who founded Tahirih in 1997, will be honored as part of UNA-NCA’s annual Human Rights Awards Reception.
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Immigrants Live in ‘Double Shadow’ of Domestic Violence
Deysi Gonzalez’s diary begins with this sentence: “On July 3, 2002, I met the man I thought would be the love of my life.” Instead, she continues in neat Spanish script, the handsome acquaintance who courted her in Guatemala turned into a possessive bully who stalked and beat her.
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Tahirih’s Founder Delves Into Equality, Cultural Relativism, and Violence Against Women with Carnegie Council
Society is in a stage of adolescence, and equality between women and men is a necessary condition for growth, Tahirih Founder and Executive Director Layli Miller-Muro told an audience Oct. 15 at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
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Afghan Escapes Taliban Oppression, But Fears For Others
As an ambitious young woman in rural southern Afghanistan, Fouzia Durrani was headed for trouble.
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Tis the Season: Courageous Clients Celebrate Holiday Season with Tahirih
“It’s so nice that those of us that have gone through such difficult times have a chance to get together and celebrate something,” a client in Houston said.
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Once Victims, Two Women Crusade Against Abusive Traditions
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.
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Fear of Deportation Becomes Abusers’ Weapon
In the past decade, several new laws have allowed abused foreign-born women, including those who entered the United States illegally and those whose immigration status depends on their spouse, to obtain legal residency on their own.
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Tahirih Receives U.S. Department of Justice Grant to Launch Innovative Training Series
The training series is possible through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women.
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Tahirih Fights for Virginia Legislation to Ensure Police Protection for Immigrant Victims
Critical legislation would help counteract the severe “chilling effect” that exists due to immigrant victims’ fear and confusion about what treatment they can expect from police—deterring crime-reporting and help-seeking, hindering law enforcement investigations and prosecutions, and undermining public safety for us all.