Female genital mutilation in the context of migration: experience of African women with the Swiss health care system (2005)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Thierfelder Clara,Marcel Tanner,and Claudia Kessler Bodiang
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: Access to gynaecological/obstetrical care.
Objective: To analyze how immigrant women with FGM experience gynaecological/obstetrical care in the Swiss health care system,and to investigate if gynaecologists/obstetricians and midwives treat and counsel FGM related complications adequately.
Study Population: migrants women from countries where FGM is commonly practised (Somalia and Eritrea),health care professionals (doctors and midwives).
Findings: The study found that the specific gynaecological and obstetric health care needs of migrant women who have undergone FGM were not adequately addressed in the Swiss health system.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Europe
Country(ies):Switzerland