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Tahirih’s Founder Involved in Landmark Asylum Victory
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October 14th, 2021At the age of 17, Fauziya Kassindja fled Togo and sought asylum in the United States to avoid a forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Instead of finding protection, she […]
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Tahirih’s Afghan Asylum Project
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September 14th, 2021Support Afghan refugees seeking safety in the U.S.
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NEW REPORT REVEALS NEED FOR NAMING ‘GENDER’ AS SIXTH GROUND FOR ASYLUM
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September 9th, 2021A new report by the Tahirih Justice Center highlights the urgent need for ‘gender’ to be recognized as the sixth protected ground for asylum. In this report, Tahirih asserts that current U.S. asylum laws, as applied, fail to adequately and consistently protect survivors fleeing gender-based violence, leaving them vulnerable to further abuse and trauma. The inclusion of gender as a sixth ground is one of several critical steps needed to transform our immigration system into one that fully understands and meets the needs of survivors.
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REPORT: “Ensuring Equal and Enduring Access to Asylum”
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September 9th, 2021To ensure equal and enduring access to asylum for survivors of gender-based violence, the U.S. must add gender as a protected ground for asylum.
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Ensuring Equal and Enduring Access to Asylum: Why ‘Gender’ Must be a Protected Ground
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September 9th, 2021To ensure equal and enduring access to asylum for survivors of gender-based violence, the U.S. must join other countries in adding a gender as an independent basis for asylum.
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An analysis of the Biden Administration’s new proposed asylum rules
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August 19th, 2021While the proposal has some positive impacts on immigrant survivors of gender-based violence, some aspects of the proposed rule will also be harmful.