This International Urogynaecology Day, Prof Magali Robert, Chair of the FIGO Committee on Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, raises awareness of incontinence, prolapse and pelvic pain.One in two women will suffer from a pelvic floor disorder within her lifetime. How can we be silent when reported rates are as high as 50%?1 Yet, women and health care providers remain voiceless in the global arena. More troubling is that there are preventable and manageable solutions to this problem so there is no reason for women to carry this burden alone.2,3