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Administration Highlights Violence Against Women — To Blame Immigrants For It
Tahirih’s Chief of Policy spoke with the Huffington Post about a U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Department of Justice report that misuses statistics on gender-based violence to justify restrictionist immigration policies.
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Advocates Are Fighting to Outlaw Adult Marriages to Minors
Tahirih’s Jeanne Smoot spoke with the ABA Journal about our work to change the laws that allow child marriage across the U.S.
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Tahirih Featured in The Economist Article on Child Marriage in America
Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy spoke with The Economist about how state laws on minimum marriage age put minors of all ages at risk.
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ICE’s Courthouse Arrests Undercut Democracy
This New York Times op-ed cites a survey conducted by Tahirih and six partner organizations about immigrant survivors’ fear of seeking help from authorities.
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Is It Legal For An Older Man To Court A Child Bride In The U.S.?
Tahirih’s analysis of all 50 states’ minimum marriage age laws is featured in this NPR story on why underage marriage is possible in the U.S.
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About Half of U.S. States Set No Minimum Age for Marriage
The Nation discussed the findings of Tahirih’s new report on child marriage in the U.S. in this article on efforts to raise the minimum age of marriage across the country.
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Should it be Legal for a 15-Year-Old to Get Married in MD?
TV station WUSA 9 interviewed Tahirih’s Jeanne Smoot for this story on efforts to end child marriage in Maryland.
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Woman Who Married at 11 Seeks to Change Florida Marriage Law
Tahirih’s Jeanne Smoot spoke with the Associated Press about legislation to raise Florida’s minimum age of marriage to 18.
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Tahirih Featured in PBS Frontline Podcast on Child Marriage in America
Tahirih shared our insights on child marriage in the U.S. with PBS Frontline for this investigative podcast.
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Tahirih Featured in Teen Vogue Series on Child Marriage
Tahirih spoke with Teen Vogue for a new series of articles on child marriage in the U.S.