A new study led by members of the FIGO Committee on Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology and Infertility (REI), now published ...

Project has made major strides inimproving access to safe and quality abortion care in Cameroon, Mali and Burkina Faso. Led by the Society o ...

The following people are all recipients of the FIGO Awards in Recognition of Women Obstetricians/Gynaecologists.

This document complements FIGO’s Statement – Childbirth: A Bill of Rights – by providing an ethical framework for respectful maternity care during pregnancy and childbirth. Together with the bill of ...

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a devastating but preventable condition that affects mothers and their children around the world. PPH occurs when a mother has serious bleeding after giving birth. When ...

FIGO has long endorsed the right of every woman and man to establish a family, as affirmed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We also recognise that couples and individuals ...

Cosmetic genital surgeries in women—such as labiaplasty, clitoral hood reduction, hymenoplasty, vaginoplasty, and laser-based procedures—have seen a notable rise in popularity in recent years. In ...

On 22 September 2025, US President Donald Trump made unprecedented statements claiming that paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) use during pregnancy is linked to autism in children 1. This ...

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a devastating but preventable condition that affects mothers and their children around the world. PPH occurs when a mother has serious bleeding after giving birth. When ...

Professionally responsible decision making with patients is based primarily on the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy. The physician has the beneficence-based obligation to ...

FIGO has endorsed the World Health Organization’s labour care guide (LCG) as the preferred global standard for monitoring labour, calling for healthcare providers worldwide to adopt it to improve ...

Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Globally, 76,000 women and 500,000 babies dies each year from the disorder. Women in low-resource ...