Committees & Working Group Leaders

FIGIJ Members: We invite you to take an active role participating in our committees and working groups with our incredible colleagues!

Resources Committee – Purpose: To oversee the activities of the Society that relate to providing educational and training resources for healthcare providers on advances in pediatric and adolescent gynecology, which can facilitate provision of unrestricted, unbiased and evidence based practice by PAG providers, and to providing sources of PAG related information for patients and caregivers.

• Resources Committee Terms of Reference
• The resources committee updates the Clinical Practice Points and Case Corner
• Resources Committee Leader: Anna Torres

Advocacy Committee – PURPOSE: To oversee the activities of the Society that relate to advocating for the reproductive and gynecological health of children and adolescents and the provision of unrestricted, unbiased and evidence-based practice by PAG providers.

• Advocacy Committee Terms of Reference
• The Advocacy Committee Updates the Advocacy page.
• Advocacy Committee Leaders: Judy Simms-Cendan and Angela Aguilar

Minimally invasive surgery working group

• Minimally invasive surgery working group Leaders: Nichole Tyson and Irene Dingeldein

Bursary Committee – Purpose: FIGIJ wishes to encourage and support training in Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology (PAG) in resource-poor countries, especially those with no existing or weak PAG training infrastructure. Training of regional PAG specialists will enable the establishment and development of much-needed gynaecological services for children and adolescents where there are currently none, as considered by the FIGIJ Board.

• Bursary Committee Terms of Reference
• The Bursary Committee manages the Bursary program.
• Bursary Committee Leaders: Gabriele Tridente and Deborah Laufer

Ovarian masses

• Ovarian masses Leaders: Sari Kives and Zoran Stankovic

Reproductive Justice – PURPOSE: To oversee the activities of the Society that relate to critical issues that affect the gynaecological, sexual and reproductive health rights of girls and adolescents at a country-level. The three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent a child or children at a time of a woman’s choice, in safe and healthy environments.

• Reproductive Justice Committee Terms of Reference
• Reproductive Justice Leader: Yasmin Jayasinghe

Social Media

• Social Media Leaders: Charleen Cheung and Nur Azurah Abdul Ghani [email protected]