In global health, numbers often reflect need. But sometimes, they reflect hope.

On 5 October 2025, the global maternal health community came together at the FIGO 2025 World Congress to launch and celebrate ...

FIGO regularly issues evidenced-based position statements and joint statements on the key issues of women's health and rights.

The XXV FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics closed today in Cape Town, South Africa, after four and a half ...

After a rigorous selection process, Montréal was chosen as the host city for the FIGO World Congress 2027, recognised for its ...

This document complements FIGO’s Statement – Childbirth: A Bill of Rights – by providing an ethical framework for respectful maternity care during pregnancy and childbirth. Together with the bill of ...

Drew LB, Ruder B, Schwartz DA. (2022). A Multidisciplinary Approach to Obstetric Fistula in Africa - Public Health, Anthropological, and Medical Perspectives. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

All societies should seek to improve nutrition in their populations, including adequate micronutrients such as iron. However, identifying and effectively treating the causes of HMB while restoring the ...

FIGO regards reproductive choice, including access to safe abortion services, as a basic and non-negotiable tool for ensuring the human rights of every woman, not just in one region or country, but ...

May 2019, FIGO released Guidelines to combat pre-eclampsia, and calls for all women to receive first-trimester screening. Read the Pre-eclampsia Guidelines here. 76,000 women and 500,000 babies die ...

Each member society is committed to supporting FIGO's aim for women of the world to achieve the highest possible standards of physical, mental, reproductive and sexual health and wellbeing throughout ...

FIGO’s 2024-2025 free webinar series tackles the most pressing issues on women’s health and rights. Organised by FIGO’s Divisions and Committees, FIGO’s webinar series brings together women’s health ...