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Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland

Published inBMC public health, vol. 21, no. 1, 1011
Publication date2021-05-29
First online date2021-05-29
Abstract

Background: We updated the indirect estimates for women and girls living with Female Genital Mutilation Cutting (FGM/C) in Switzerland, using data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office of migrant women and girls born in one of the 30 high-prevalence FGM/C countries that are currently living in Switzerland.

Methods: We used Yoder and Van Baelen's "Extrapolation of FGM/C Countries' Prevalence Data" method, where we applied DHS and MICS prevalence figures from the 30 countries where FGM/C is practiced, and applied them to the immigrant women and girls living in Switzerland from the same 30 countries.

Results: In 2010, the estimated number of women and girls living with or at risk of FGM/C in Switzerland was 9059, whereas in 2018, we estimated that 21,706 women and girls were living with or at risk of FGM/C.

Conclusion: Over the past decade, there have been significant increases in the number of estimated women and girls living with or at risk of FGM/C in Switzerland due to the increase in the total number of women and girls originally coming form the countries where the practice of FGM/C is traditional.

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Keywords
  • Female genital cutting
  • Female genital mutilation
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Indirect estimates
  • Prevalence
  • Switzerland
  • Circumcision, Female / adverse effects
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Prevalence
  • Switzerland / epidemiology
  • Transients and Migrants
Citation (ISO format)
COTTLER-CASANOVA, Sara, ABDULCADIR, Jasmine. Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland. In: BMC public health, 2021, vol. 21, n° 1, p. 1011. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10875-w
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