Upcoming FIGO Global Webinars
15th April, 2021
After Argentina: Latin America responds.
How health workers and advocates can leverage the Argentinean experience to legalise access to safe abortion.
Time: 8pm UK (UTC+1) / 2pm (CDT)
Description: Half a million women and girls undergo unsafe abortions every year in Argentina. Unsafe abortions have been a major contributor to preventable maternal mortality and morbidity in the country, with 14% of maternal deaths accounted for by unsafe abortion. On 30 December 2020, Argentina legalised abortion up to 14 weeks of pregnancy. Argentina has joined Guyana and Uruguay as one of just a few South American countries that have legalised access to safe abortion, an important element of universal health care and reproductive health for women around the world.
This webinar, organised by the FIGO Advocating for Safe Abortion Project, aims to share critical insights and lessons from crosscutting strategies on how Ob-Gyns and health-workers mobilised within Argentina, and will explore next steps. Critically, it will ask what health-workers and advocates must prioritise to ensure safe abortion services are accessible by women/girls in Argentina, Latin America and beyond. The webinar will begin with two short presentations followed by a roundtable discussion and Q&A.
Chair: Dr Carlos Füchtner, FIGO President, Bolivia
Speakers:
Dra Laura Gil Urbano, FIGO Safe Abortion Committee, Colombia
Dra Analia Messina, Associate Professor and Chair of Obstetrics, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariela Belski, Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina
Dr Miguel Gutierrez, Past President of SPOG, Peru
Atziri Ramirez Negrin, WATOG President, Mexico
Language: Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation into Portuguese and English
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-6YjcFFXTD2rnwJ3y-jS5w
(PT, Versão portuguesa) Quinta-feira, 15 de abril
Depois da Argentina: a América Latina responde.
Como os promotores e profissionais da saúde podem aproveitar a experiência argentina para legalizar o acesso ao aborto seguro.
Horário: 20h (UTC+1) / 14h (CDT)
Descrição: Meio milhão de mulheres e meninas tem abortos inseguros, todos os anos na Argentina. Abortos inseguros contribuíram em grande parte para evitar mortalidade e morbidade materna no país, e 14% das mortes maternas são devidas a abortos inseguros. Em 30 de dezembro de 2020, a Argentina legalizou o aborto até a 14ª semana de gravidez. A Argentina juntou-se à Guiana e ao Uruguai como um dos poucos países sul-americanos que legalizaram o acesso ao aborto seguro, um elemento importante da atenção universal à saúde e saúde reprodutiva para mulheres em todo o mundo.
Este webinar tem como objetivo compartilhar conhecimento crítico e lições de estratégias transversais sobre como obstetras, ginecologistas e profissionais da saúde mobilizados na Argentina, e irá explorar as próximas etapas. De maneira crítica, vai se perguntar o que eles devem priorizar os profissionais da saúde e os defensores para garantir que mulheres, meninas e mulheres grávidas na Argentina, América Latina e além tenham acesso aos serviços de aborto seguro. O webinar começará com duas apresentações curtas, seguidas por uma mesa redonda de perguntas e respostas.
Coordenador: Dr. Carlos Füchtner, Presidente da FIGO, Bolivia
Oradores:
Dra Laura Gil Urbano, FIGO Safe Abortion Committee, Colombia
Dra Analia Messina, Associate Professor and Chair of Obstetrics, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariela Belski, Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina
Dr Miguel Gutierrez, Past President, SPOG, Peru
Atziri Ramirez Negrin, President, WATOG, Mexico
Idioma: espanhol, com tradução simultânea para português e inglês
Cadastro: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-6YjcFFXTD2rnwJ3y-jS5w
22nd April, 2021
FIGO Global Webinar: Impact of Environment on Preterm Birth Rates: What’s Going On? What Can We Do?
Time: 3pm UK (UTC+1)
Description: The FIGO Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures and the FIGO Preterm Birth Working Group are planning a FIGO Webinar on Impact of Environment on Preterm Birth Rates: What’s Going On? What Can We Do? The goal of this webinar is to raise awareness, based on sound scientific evidence, about environmental impacts on pregnancy and neonatal/children’s health, leading to change among healthcare providers regarding education and advocacy. It is part of a webinar series on Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Toxicants on Women’s Health planned by the Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures.
Chair: Professor Dame Lesley Regan, FIGO Honorary Secretary, UK
Speakers:
Dr Faysal El Kak, FIGO Vice President, Lebanon
Prof. Linda Giudice, Chair RDEH, USA
Prof. Bo Jacobsson, Chair PTB, Sweden
Dr Ruth Etzel, USA
Dr Bruce Bekkar, USA
Prof. Ditas D. Decena, Co-chair RDEH, Philippines
Prof. Nate DeNicola, USA
Panel: Dr Jeanne Conry (USA), Dr Jose Cordero (USA), Prof. Lola Gomez-Roig (Spain), Dr Catalina Valencia (Colombia), Dr Jaideep Malhotra (India), Prof. Steven Munjanja (Zimbabwe), Dr Santosh Pandipati (USA), Dr Joe Leigh Simpson (USA)
Language: English
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Drs_dmV8TbS-NdqmQaJ4sg
29th April, 2021
(FR) Pour une meilleure santé de la femme en Afrique / (EN) Improving Women's Health in Africa
Time: 2.30pm UK (UTC+1)
Description: Join our expert panel to look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon women’s health in Africa, including cervical cancer elimination efforts, the management of Adnexal Masses in LMICs, and abnormal uterine bleeding during peri-menopause. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.
Please note this webinar will be available in French only.
Co-chairs: Professeur Houcine Maaouni (President of SRMGO, Morocco), Professeur Cheikh Tidiane Cisse (President of FEFOG, Senegal), Professeur MS Oukid (SAGO General Secretary, Algeria)
Speakers:
Dr Faysal El Kak, FIGO Vice President, Lebanon
Professor Namory Keita, President of SAGO, Guinée
Professor Leila Attia, Tunisia
Professor Ibrahima Teguete, Mali
Dr F. Benaibouch, Algeria
Professor Blandine Thieba, Burkina Faso
Dr Said Lazrak, Morocco
Professor Khaled Neji, Tunisia
Language: French
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XgyIDN1yQnyIhC0kIePnUg
