@article{ref1,
title="Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2021",
author="Cottler-Casanova, S. and Abdulcadir, J.",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="1011-1011",
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. <br><br>METHODS: We used Yoder and Van Baelen's &quot;Extrapolation of FGM/C Countries' Prevalence Data&quot; 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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-021-10875-w",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10875-w"
}