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Al Jazeera Features Tahirih in Series on Forced Marriage in the United States
Tahirih is featured this week in a four-part Al Jazeera America series on forced marriage in the United States.
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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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Fighting Violence Against Immigrant Women
When Anne Chandler travels around Houston, she doesn’t see the same city you and I see.
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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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A Harrowing Story of Female Genital Mutilation, and the Houston Group Fighting for Women Refugees
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.
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Layli Miller-Muro Wins 2012 Goldman Sachs Award
The Goldman Sachs award goes to leaders in organizations across a wide spectrum of fields, from finance to philanthropy.
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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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“Honor Killing” Under Growing Scrutiny in U.S.
Although many Americans may think that phenomena such as forced marriages and so-called “honor killings” exist only overseas, social service agencies, educators, and a growing number of law enforcement personnel know differently.
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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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The Power of Many: Tahirih’s Innovative Pro Bono Model Featured in Award-Winning Magazine
We were in the courtroom and I caught my client’s eyes. They filled with tears, and then she looked forward toward the judge and jury. She was a very small Ukrainian woman and very scared.