The FIGO podcast

Earth Day is a very pertinent call to educate, inspire and mobilise individuals, communities, and governments to appreciate the importance of the environment and invest in its sustainability, protection and restoration. This Earth Day, the FIGO Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures (C2TE2) marks the occasion with a new podcast episode exploring the impact of climate change...

Led by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Committee on Women of Menopausal Age, this Q&A-style podcast episode explores key aspects of health and wellbeing during the menopausal transition. The discussion focuses on improving the health status of women at menopausal age while highlighting the importance of preventive care and proactive health management. Through e...

On this episode of the FIGO podcast, leaders from the FIGO Division of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Wellbeing, Dr Aparna Sridhar, Dr Ivonne Diaz, Dr Asha Kasliwal, Dr Laura Gil and Dr Nikhil Purandare, discuss the impacts of ongoing violations of reproductive human rights across the world. This episode highlights the challenges in access to safe abortion, contraception and fertility care aro...

On this episode of the FIGO podcast, Dr Atziri Ramírez-Negrin, Chair of the FIGO Committee on Women Facing Crises, is joined by Dr Margit Endler, Dr Rubina Sohail and Dr Brenda Urbina to speak about the pervading issue of violence against OBGYN healthcare providers. The episode highlights the complex factors contributing to workplace violence including insufficient healthcare resources, unmet pati...

To mark Earth Day, the FIGO Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures (C2TE2) invites you to listen to a new episode of the FIGO podcast The Committee Chair Dr Nate DeNicola takes you on a world tour exploring environmental drivers of global women's health in interviews with committee members and experts. Past Chair Dr Ditas Decena from the Philippines describes how she counsel...

In the fourth episode of the FIGO Podcast we speak to Ivonne Diaz, Director of FIGO’s Division of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Wellbeing, Aparna Sridhar, Chair of the Committee on Contraception, Teresa Bombas, Committee on Safe Abortion, and Jaideep Malhotra, Chair of the Committee on Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology and Infertility, to learn more about the Cartagena Declaration. They de...

In the third episode of the FIGO podcast, Professor Nichole Tyson, Associate Member of FIGO’s Committee on Contraception, describes the benefits of contraception for adolescents and addresses key concerns on myths about contraceptive use in young people. Prof Tyson looks at the use of contraceptives for the management of menstrual disorders, non-contraceptive benefits of birth control and key cons...

In the second episode of the FIGO podcast, Dr Aparna Sridhar, Chair of FIGO’s Committee on Contraception, discusses recommendations on the use of contraceptive methods and how these apply to the adolescent population. This episode highlights the importance of contraceptive counselling, considers recommendations for the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives and talks through the need to resp...

In the first episode of the FIGO podcast, Dr Jeanne Conry, FIGO President, explores adolescent pregnancy as a public health issue. The episode highlights the importance of adolescent contraception and underlines the particular challenges and opportunities pertaining to adolescent contraceptive use. It also discusses how a health care consultation with an adolescent is never full without addressing...