Virtual advice centre for girls and young women at risk of or affected by forced marriage

Above all those girls and women who are new to Austria, but also those who went to school here and may have even completed a course of study can be affected, especially in the summer months. Each affected woman should be able to turn to a competent advisor completely anonymously and without fear of being caught. That needs to be possible without great effort and that´s the project´s innovation: thanks to the online platform the inhibition threshold is lowered. It is also important that the girl or woman in question be able to leave the chat quickly, because freedom of movement for affected women as well as those wishing to help them is typically very limited. For that reason the chat needs to be possible from anywhere at any time and needs to be able to be interrupted immediately.