FIGO welcomes the launch of UN75, the United Nations' biggest-ever global conversation, and emphasises the importance of women’s health and rights in building that future.

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) - representing 125 national societies of obstetricians and gynecologists worldwide - announced today at the XXI World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics important new gender equality initiatives aimed at providing life changing treatments for women in low-to-middle income countries. 

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has announced that more than 30,000 vouchers for free maternal healthcare and emergency obstetric services have been delivered to women in Syria.

Progress toward the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - particularly those that affect the health and empowerment of girls and women - has been described as "very uneven" by a keynote speaker for the organisation at this year's Women Deliver conference.

The UN has published a new report on the world's progress toward meeting its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), noting that efforts to reduce maternal mortality have so far been "uneven".

According to the United Nations Population Fund, the global maternal mortality rate has "nearly halved" since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) "most off track" for the scheme's 2015 target are those "directly linked to gender equality".

The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund has argued that many commentators do not realise that the leading causes of maternal mortality are "largely preventable" and can be treated cheaply.

FIGO Past President Sir Prof Sabaratnam Arulkumaran shares his vision for postpartum family planning, and his commitment to women’s health and rights.

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