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Welcome to the XXV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Advancing women’s health:
a journey of unity and freedom
On behalf of the FIGO Board of Trustees, it is an honour to invite you to join the XXV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
FIGO has celebrated a landmark achievement – our 70th anniversary – made possible by the international OBGYN community’s commitment to being the global voice for women’s health. We laud the opportunity to continue sharing and learning from one another in South Africa.
FIGO looks forward to using Cape Town 2025 to celebrate progress made over the past two years, including the development of strategic partnerships. I am proud of the commitment to the continuous advancement of leadership, technical competencies, patient health literacy, social accountability geared for positive experiences, research, and the implementation of evidence-based best practice policy and advocacy. Whilst Cape Town 2025 is a global convenor, the scientific programme offers the opportunity to aid the transition from a global to local focus for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), reflecting the context of country needs.
As the first African woman to be President of FIGO, it is a privilege to have the African and Eastern Mediterranean region host the XXV FIGO World Congress. I look forward to welcoming you warmly to Cape Town in October 2025.
Professor Kihara Anne-Beatrice, MBchB, MMed (Obs/Gyn), Fellow (ECSACOG)
President, FIGO 2023–2025
Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi
Division Chair, UON-KNH Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
It is a pleasure to invite you to Cape Town for the XXV FIGO World Congress, hosted by FIGO and the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG).
FIGO has a vision that women of the world achieve the highest possible standards of physical, mental, reproductive and sexual health and wellbeing throughout their lives. This work is built on four pillars: education, research implementation, advocacy and capacity-building. The World Congress will showcase collegiality, collaboration and science, interwoven with FIGO’s programmatic work, the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (IJGO) and the expanding focus areas of FIGO committees.
For over 70 years, FIGO World Congresses have brought together obstetricians, gynaecologists, midwives, nurses and allied health professionals, decision makers, NGOs, and patient and health and rights advocates from countries around the world. It is this unique mix of global participants which gives the FIGO Congress the power to shift the dial on women’s and girls’ health and rights. Most of all, Congress is a global meeting point for all of us who are passionate about the advancement of the health and rights of every woman, girl and newborn. FIGO Cape Town 2025 promises to be a potent international conversation, not to be missed.
I warmly extend our invitation to you all to join FIGO’s global gathering in Cape Town in 2025.
Frances Longley
Chief Executive Officer, FIGO
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