Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy won a 2017 Professional Women in Advocacy Award in recognition of her work to end child marriage in the U.S.

I am a mother. A survivor. An advocate. I fight to shine a light on the most basic of human rights – to live in safety and with dignity.

Houston Strong has meaning well beyond Harvey.

TV station WUSA 9 interviewed Tahirih’s Jeanne Smoot for this story on efforts to end child marriage in Maryland.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the house as Norma, a survivor of rape and kidnapping, shared her harrowing story of abuse at Tahirih’s 6th Annual Houston Gala.

At the 6th Annual Houston Gala, the Tahirih Justice Center’s CEO and Founder, Layli Miller-Muro, emphasized that ending violence against women is a marathon, not a sprint.

Tahirih’s Jeanne Smoot spoke with the Associated Press about legislation to raise Florida’s minimum age of marriage to 18.