Forced marriage: a scourge that affects 700 million women worldwide (Swiss Press Online 2015, by Omar Odermatt) - Swiss Press Award

Http://voixdexils.ch/2014/08/05/le-mariage-force-un-fleau-qui-frappe-700-millions-de-femmes-dans-le-

Omar Odermatt

On the occasion of the first edition of the International Summit of the Girl Child, held in July 2014 in London, whose goal is the abolition of early and forced marriages as well as genital mutilation, Voix d’Exils chose to tell the story of Aysha, an asylum seeker of Ethiopian origin, who chose to flee her country and seek asylum in Switzerland to escape a marriage arranged by her parents.