Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Congress aims to strengthen current asylum laws for immigrant women who are trying to flee their country to escape gender-based violence.
Listen to the story of Yaye, a 36-year-old woman from a West African country who was subjected to FGM as a baby. She moved to the U.S. for a forced marriage and bore 3 daughters. Family members started pressuring her to bring her daughters back to the homeland so the "procedure" could be performed on them. The Tahirih Center was able to win her asylum.