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Tahirih is Proud to Partner with Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland
March 3rd, 2023The Tahirih Justice Center is excited to formally partner with the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland (PBRC) to provide expanded holistic services to immigrant women and girls and all survivors of gender-based violence in the Greater Baltimore Area.
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Wyoming Takes Steps to Limit Child Marriage
February 28th, 2023After several years of efforts, Wyoming has taken action to protect children by limiting child marriage in the state. House Bill 7 does not ban child marriage but is an important first step toward ending child marriage in the state. Until this year, Wyoming had no minimum age under which minors could not be married and allowed older minors to marry with nothing more than parental permission.
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Tahirih Explains: “Asylum Ban” Rule – It is Both a Transit Ban and an Entry Ban
February 24th, 2023BACKGROUND On February 23, the Department of Homeland Security formally issued a proposed rule that would make most people seeking safety at the southern U.S. land border ineligible for asylum. […]
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Uplifting the Journey of Black Immigrants
February 24th, 2023The journey to U.S. soil and the experience of Black immigrants in the U.S. today is intrinsically connected to our nation’s history of White supremacy, colonialism, and slavery. The North […]
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Biden’s Asylum Ban Will Continue to Place Survivors in Harm’s Way
February 21st, 2023Today, the Department of Homeland Security issued a proposed rule that would drastically limit eligibility for asylum for many people seeking safety at our Southern border. Under these new regulations, a person seeking asylum at a U.S. port of entry on the Southern border who does not have an appointment or traveled through another country without applying for protection there first will be considered ineligible for asylum here – with few exceptions. This asylum ban cuts off a critical path to safety for survivors and sends them back to dangerous conditions where they often face further violence and trauma.
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Project Empower: A Guaranteed Income Program for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
February 15th, 2023Project Empower is a first-of-its-kind guaranteed income (GI) program designed to support immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. This program offered unconditional, regular cash transfers of $1000 per month to 10 […]
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First-of-its-Kind Guaranteed Income Pilot Provided Financial Support and Long-Term Stability to Domestic Violence Survivors and their Children
February 15th, 2023Washington, D.C — A new report by My New Red Shoes and Tahirih Justice Center analyzes the experiences and learnings from the pilot cohort of its Project Empower, a first-of-its-kind […]