Tahirih Justice Center

Description

Tahirih Justice Center is a national nonprofit organization in the United States that serves immigrant women, girls and other survivors of gender-based violence.

It was founded in 1997 by Layli Miller-Muro, following her involvement in a landmark asylum case, and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. It is a secular organization founded on principles of the Baháʼí faith and is named after Táhirih, a 19th-century Persian poet and advocate for women’s rights. Tahirih has offices in the Greater Washington, DC area, Baltimore, Houston, the San Francisco Bay Area and Atlanta.

Tahirih combines free legal services and social services case management with public policy advocacy, litigation, and training and education for professionals such as attorneys, judges and police officers. It represents survivors of forms of violence including female genital mutilation, domestic violence, forced marriage, human trafficking, rape and torture, helping them pursue asylum and other legal protections. Its policy advocacy has contributed to United States laws on trafficking visas, international marriage broker regulation, and state limits on child marriage.