International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

The FIGO Committee for women’s Sexual & Reproductive Rights is one of a number of Committees established to implement the priorities of FIGO. The aims of the Committee are as follows:

• To produce effective proposals for the possible expansion and enhancement of the invaluable work undertaken in preceding years through the Obstetrician/Gynecologists for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights project.
• To emphasise the important role of the profession, alone and in collaboration with others, in the respect, protection and implementation of human rights related to women's sexual and reproductive health. 
• To increase social consciousness and awareness among members of the profession 
• To encourage member societies to use existing international human rights to improve women’s reproductive and sexual health in their countries through collaboration, education and advocacy 
• To review and add, where appropriate, technical content to the definition of sexual and reproductive rights.
• To review and update, where appropriate, standards for the respect of these rights, to which countries can be held accountable.
• To monitor and review guidelines to the health profession for the respect of these rights. 
• To recommend ways in which FIGO and its constituent societies can collaborate with national governments and other organisations to further advance these rights 
• To appoint, with the approval of the Officers, a dedicated “sub-Committee” or “working groups on the prevention of violence against women

The Committee has developed a Code of Ethics, which may be found here. 

In suport of this, at the FIGO General Assembly in 2003, a  Resolution on "Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights - A Social Responsibility for Obstetricians-Gynaecologists" was passed. A copy of the resolution may be found here. This supported an earlier resolution passed at the 2000 General Assembly, a copy of which may be found here.