The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is a solemn reminder of the ...

On behalf of women, children, and all those caught in crisis, FIGO pleads for humanity to prevail. We call on international ...

The FIGO Committee on Childbirth and Postpartum Haemorrhage has released evidence-based recommendations to guide care around ...

Terrorism is an assault on humanity, but its scars cut deepest into the lives of women and children. FIGO stands as a moral, scientific and humanitarian force – calling for justice, delivering ...

From 28 July to 1 August 2025, global leaders in fistula surgery gathered once again at Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in ...

This October, our global community will meet in Cape Town for the XXV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics. In the spirit of our host country, we’ve drawn inspiration from South Africa’s ...

Healthcare workers providing life-saving abortion care often face attacks, intimidation and criminalisation simply for doing their jobs. Hostile environments persist even in countries with provision ...

Anaemia is an under-recognised and undertreated chronic state that adversely impacts more than 2 billion people worldwide, predominantly women, the fetus and children. 1 Iron deficiency is the most ...

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 ...

This FIGO Statement sets out a bill of rights for childbirth. It has been produced by obstetrics and gynaecology professional membership organisations, led by FIGO, the Royal College of Obstetricians ...

In recognition of the need for a world federation to address the threat of toxic environmental chemicals to human reproductive and developmental health on the global stage, the International ...