Today’s U.S. asylum system fails to protect the people who need it the most, including and especially women facing compounded marginalization through gender-based violence.

The harrowing stories of countless courageous women fleeing domestic and gang violence from Central America and Mexico are recounted in the critically acclaimed new book, Private Violence: Latin American Women and the Struggle for Asylum.

Join RAICES and authors Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin for a virtual discussion on the urgent need for asylum reform, especially in this post-election landscape.