FIGO Women's Awards – past winners
The following people are all recipients of the FIGO Awards in Recognition of Women Obstetricians/Gynaecologists.
Presented at Congress 2021
Professor Anowara Begum |
Bangladesh |
Dr Mekdes Daba Feyssa |
Ethiopia |
Dr Laura Leonor Gil Urbano |
Colombia |
Professor Kiyoko Kato |
Japan |
Professor Asma Khalil |
UK |
Dr Anne Kihara |
Kenya |
Professor Alka Kriplani |
India |
Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe |
Ireland |
Dra Luz del Carmen Sanabria-Villegas |
Mexico |
Professor Stalina Rafaela Santisteban Alba |
Cuba |
Dra Sophia Villata Delgado |
El Salvador |
Professor Dr Woo Yin Ling |
Malaysia |
Presented at Congress 2018
Associate Professor Audrone Arlauskiene |
Lithuania |
Dr Taghreed Alhaidari |
Iraq |
Dr Ivonne Diaz Yamal |
Colombia |
Dr Maria Teresa Espinoza |
Bolivia |
Dr Hadiza Galadanci |
Nigeria |
Ass Professor Mahlet Yigereum Gebremariam |
Ethiopia |
Professor Shahla Khatun |
Bangladesh |
Professor Ounjai Kor-anantakul |
Thailand |
Dr Josefina Lira-Plascencia |
Mexico |
Emeritus Professor Aftab Munir |
Pakistan |
Dr Nelly Mugo |
Kenya |
Dr Wisal Nabag |
Sudan |
Dr Amala Nazareth |
UAE |
Professor Hextan Ngan |
Hong Kong |
Professor Ky-Kyi Nyunt |
Myanmar |
Dr Hiromi Obara |
Japan |
Dr Eliana Ojeda |
Peru |
Professor Luisa Obregon |
Venezuela |
Dr Suchitra Pandit |
India |
Dr Boon Nee Tang |
Malaysia |
Professor Elsa Viora |
Italy |
Presented at Congress 2015
Dr Safia Ahmed |
Sudan |
Professor Tasneem Ashraf |
Pakistan |
Dr Marie Bixo |
Sweden |
Dra Estela Conselo |
Uruguay |
Professor Mary D’Alton |
United States of America |
Professor Lynette Denny |
South Africa |
Dr Noriko Fujita |
Japan |
Dr Xiomara Gonzalez de Chirivella |
Venezuela |
Magister Hilma Mery Leon Gamarra |
Peru |
Professor Rosiane Mattar |
Brazil |
Dr Desiree Mostajo |
Bolivia |
Professor Nubia Muñoz |
Colombia |
Professor Liliana Novac |
Romania |
Dr Ramya Priyanwada Pathiraja |
Sri Lanka |
Professor Zahida Quereshi |
Kenya |
Dr Swaraj Rajbhandari |
Nepal |
Dr Rebecca M Ramos |
Philippines |
Professor Latifa Shamsuddin |
Bangladesh |
Dr Mary Schramm |
Australia and New Zealand |
Professor Wiboolphan Thitadilok |
Thailand |
Professor Wing Mei Tsai |
Taiwan |
Dr Ambay Woldemichael Geda |
Ethiopia |
Presented at Congress 2012
Professor Kohinoor Begum |
Bangladesh |
Dr Sylvia Ayeley Deganus |
Ghana |
Professor Kristina Gemzell Danielsson |
Sweden |
Dr Vesna I Kesic |
Serbia, Montenegro and Republic of Srpska |
Dra Blanca Rosa Manzano Ovies |
Cuba |
Dra Técia Maria de Oliveira Maranhão |
Brazil |
Dr Kamini Rao |
India |
Dr Duria Abdellewahab Mohammed Rayis |
Sudan |
Dr Lucy Lopez Reyes |
Peru |
Dr Sudha Sharma |
Nepal |
Presented at Congress 2009
Professor Rowshan Ara Begum |
Bangladesh |
Dr Ashrafunnessa |
Bangladesh |
Professor Michelle Nisolle |
Belgium |
Professor Marleen Temmerman |
Belgium |
Professor Marilza Vieira Cunha Rudge |
Brazil |
Dr Sonia Aguila Setien |
Cuba |
Dr Mulu Muleta |
Ethiopia |
Dr Sadhana K Desai |
India |
Professor Ruta Jolanta Nadisauskiene |
Lithuania |
Professor Khin-Htar-Yi |
Myanmar |
Professor Sanu Maiyan Dali |
Nepal |
Dr Eliette Valladares |
Nicaragua |
Dr Shereen Zulfiqar Bhutta |
Pakistan |
Professor Modesta Ayala de Piris |
Paraguay |
Dr Lucy del Carpio Ancaya |
Peru |
Professor Lilia Pagtakhan-Luna |
Philippines |
Professor Zephne M Van Der Spuy |
South Africa and by UK |
Dr Pilar Miranda Serrano |
Spain |
Assoc Professor Orawan Kiriwat |
Thailand |
Professor Rachida Sfar Kefi |
Tunisia |
Professor Florence Mirembe |
Uganda |
Dr Jacqueline C Hill |
UK |
Dr Judith Toro Merlo |
Venezuela |
Presented at Congress 2006
Dr Brunilda Mersini |
Albania |
Professor Liliane Voto |
Argentina |
Professor Mariya Malinova |
Bulgaria |
Dr Dhaifalah Ishraq |
Czech Republic |
Associate Professor Jamiyah Hassan |
Malaysia |
Professor Win Win Mya |
Myanmar |
Dr Aderami Olabisi Aisien |
Nigeria |
Dr Razia Koreo |
Pakistan |
Professor Manuela Cristina Russu |
Romania |
Dr Sayda Dardiry |
Sudan |
Dr Esther Shih- Chu Ho |
Taiwan R.O.C. |
Professor Saibua Chichareon |
Thailand |
Professor Hela Chelli |
Tunisia |
Dr Liliane Somogy |
Venezuela |
Presented at Congress 2003
Anna Lydia P do Amaral |
Brazil |
Eliza I Tiufektchieva |
Bulgaria |
Mercedes Ruiz Flores |
Chile |
Bilian Xiao |
China |
Sonia Fabiola Pazmino |
Colombia |
Elinor Catherine Hamlin |
Ethiopia |
Usha B Saraiya |
India |
Kok Ying Ng |
Malaysia |
Mya M Thida |
Myanmar |
Dibya Shree Mall |
Nepal |
Olasurumbomi K Ogedenegbe |
Nigeria |
Sadiqua Naeem Jafarey |
Pakistan |
Nena Eng-Tan |
Philippines |
Zenovia Florentina Pricop |
Romania |
Chien-Dai Chiang |
Taiwan |
Chuanchom Sakondhavat |
Thailand |
Saida Rekik |
Tunisia |
Valentina Dashkevich |
Ukraine |
Maria Ines-Mi Martinez Techera |
Uruguay |
Fanny V Fleitas Rodriguez |
Venezuela |
Presented at Congress 2000
Corinne Devlin |
Canada |
Eneida Aguilera Vischi |
Chile |
Maria Cecilia Arturo Rojas |
Colombia |
Ann Tabor |
Denmark |
Outi Hovatta |
Finland |
Mehroo D Hansotia |
India |
Anna Maria Marconi |
Italy |
Ikuko Moriyama |
Japan |
Insaf Arafat |
Jordan |
Akidi Lalobo Lore |
Kenya |
Flordeliza M Baltazar |
Philippines |
Gunilla Lindmark |
Sweden |
Presented at Congress 1997
Syeda Firoza Begum |
Bangladesh |
Luciane Maria Brito Oliveira |
Brazil |
Violeta Dimitrova |
Bulgaria |
Dorothy Shaw |
Canada |
Sylvia M Segovia |
Chile |
Maria Teresa Peralta Abello |
Colombia |
Zufan Lakew |
Ethiopia |
Anna Ulla Kristiina Aittomaki |
Finland |
Aliki Tserkezoglou |
Greece |
Usha R Krishna |
India |
Ann Ward |
Ireland |
Vincenzina Bruni |
Italy |
Mineko Fukushima |
Japan |
Anita Caune |
Latvia |
Nafisah Adeeb |
Malaysia |
Elisabeth Jacoba Maria Van Erp |
The Netherlands |
Luz Jefferson |
Peru |
Corazon Almirante |
The Philippines |
Sorina Policec |
Romania |
Dinah Ekundayo Jarrett |
Sierra Leone |
Yvonne Marjorie Salmon |
Singapore |
Anna Bohacikova |
Slovak Republic |
Mirjam Furuhjelm |
Sweden |
Kobchitt Limpaphayom |
Thailand |
Mamia Bornaz |
Tunisia |
Luella Klein |
United States of America |
Livia Escalona |
Venezuela |
Cuong Duong Thi Cuong |
Vietnam |