FIGO Divisions: coordinating work in OBGYN
Committees have been an essential component of FIGO’s structure for decades, bringing together experts from our member societies with other health care professionals to focus on specialist areas of obstetrics and gynaecology.
Concentrating on education and research implementation, committees play a key role in improving OBGYN health care around the world through the provision of clinical leadership and guidance.
For almost 70 years, FIGO’s World Congresses have brought together obstetricians, gynaecologists, midwives, nurses, allied physicians and other health professionals in the field of women’s health and policy from countries around the world. Representing a broad and diverse range of fields, these international health professionals will meet in France in 2023 alongside key decision makers, NGOs, patients and health and rights advocates.
FIGO welcomes the PMNCH Health-Care Professional Associations Constituency (HCPA) Statement on Climate Change Impacts on the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents, published at the start of COP26. This comes shortly after PMNCH’s own invitation for all health care workers to sign the
The Strategic Plan, which sets out four main strategic goals for FIGO from 2021 to 2030, is a culmination of the commitment of many FIGO Officers and volunteers since the FIGO 2015 World Congress in Vancouver, Canada.
FIGO is prepared to face the next decade with clarity and focus, and this strategic plan captures this momentum. We felt that it was important to not only identify our goals, but to place commitments to women, girls, our member societies and regional federations, and our HQ staff.