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By Gwendolyn Albert, Director, Women’s Initiatives, Peacework Development Fund and Dr Peter Hornnes, President, European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

In 2003, the General Assembly of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) adopted a resolution on “Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights - A Social Responsibility for Obstetricians-Gynaecologists”.[1] The resolution called on FIGO Member Societies to “focus their efforts on priority areas in human rights failings identified in their own countries, where advocacy efforts by gynaecologists and obstetricians, in collaboration with other civil society groups, can have an impact on women’s health.”