La Suisse est aussi confrontée au phénomène des mariages forcés et -ou- arrangés, une coutume répandue parmi les communautés d'immigrés de type patriarcal.
"Certain intellectuals defend trokosi as an indigenous religious tradition that provides girls with a form of apprenticeship. None of the former trokosi, with whom I have spoken, shared this view."
Segregated from men, banned from driving and facing restrictions on travel, work, and even study, many Saudi women attempt suicide to escape one of the world's strictest societies.