International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

FIGO supports International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2012

The ‘Early Registration’ fee deadline has been extended to 15 May 2012.  

The topic for World Health Day 2012 is ‘Ageing and health’, promoting the theme ‘Good health adds life to years’.

The first FIGO-Olympus Workshop on Minimally Invasive Surgery - organised in conjunction with the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of the Sudan - was successfully conducted at Soba University Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan, from 28 February-1 March 2012.

The Women’s Rights film strand is the most extensive category showing at London’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival at the end of March 2012.

Please click here to view the latest FIGO Newsletter (March 2012).

A call for the European Union to honour its commitment to fundamental human rights for women and to halt, in the European countries where it exists, the criminalisation of midwifery

International Women’s Day (IWD) - a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future - is celebrated on 8 March each year. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) reaffirms its support for its valuable objectives.

The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is held each 6 February to encourage global awareness of FGM (also called ‘cutting’) and to promote its eradication. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) views FGM of any type as a violation of the human rights of girls and women, and works actively with other global organisations to help to eliminate it.

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) is dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of women worldwide. As part of this commitment, the FIGO Committee for Capacity Building in Education and Training, with the support of Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe, is now able to offer training to doctors in minimally invasive surgery techniques through the establishment of a regional training centre in Sudan.