An interview with Ovarian Cancer Australia. 22 January 2026 1. Tell us about how Ovarian Cancer Australia got started. Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA) began as a grassroots movement driven by personal experience and a determination to improve outcomes for women affected by ovarian cancer. OCA’s origins began with Sheila Lee, who was diagnosed with […]
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Robin Cohen, Board Chair 17 December 2025 As we approach the end of 2025, I hope you will indulge me as I reflect on my first year as Chair of the Coalition and celebrate the successes we achieved together thanks to the dedication, determination and efforts of our staff, Board, advocacy partners (all 233 […]
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An interview with ACTO Italia. 17 December 2025 1. Tell us about how ACTO Italia was started and the regions of Italy you serve. ACTO Italia (Alleanza Contro il Tumore Ovarico – Alliance against Ovarian Cancer) was founded in 2010 by a group of patients and clinicians to break the silence on ovarian cancer […]
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A conversation with Frances Reid, Director of Programmes and Every Woman Study™ Lead, World Ovarian Cancer Coalition 11 December 2025 The Every Woman Study™: Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC), published today in the Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health, delivers the first comprehensive picture of the lived experiences of women with ovarian cancer in […]
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An interview with the German Ovarian Cancer Foundation. 24 November 2025 Tell us how the German Ovarian Cancer Foundation was founded. We were founded in 2010 because there was very little information available about this disease in Germany. The founders of the foundation are Carolin Masur, a well-known singer who has been affected by […]
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By Frances Reid, Director of Programmes 24 November 2025 The location of this year’s International Gynecologic Cancer Society meeting in Cape Town, South Africa could not have been more fortuitous. With the Co-Chair (Clinical) of our Every Woman Study LMIC Edition and Global Expert Advisory Group on Ovarian Cancer, Dr Tracey Adams, living and working […]
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November 3, 2025 We are delighted to introduce you to our new CEO, Christel Paganoni-Bruijns on her first day at the Coalition. Enjoy this Q & A to learn more about her previous work, her passion for leveraging data and lived experience to influence policy and drive equity, and her priorities for her first 100 […]
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An interview with MOG Portugal. 24 October 2025 Tell us about how MOG Portugal was started. MOG was founded in December 2019 by two women with ovarian cancer, both named Cláudia. At that time, there was no association in Portugal dedicated to gynaecological cancers – and MOG remains the only one today. The two […]
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By Frances Reid, Director of Programmes 2 October 2025 Last week I was honoured to be in New York to take part in side meetings linked to the United Nations General Assembly, flying the flag for women with ovarian cancer. The primary reason for going was an invitation to be a panellist at the launch […]
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An interview with the Pan-Arabian research Society of Gynecologic Oncology (PARSGO). 24 September 2025 Tell us about how PARSGO was started. PARSGO was founded in 2016 as a non-profit and non-political research organization in Berlin, Germany to address the unique challenges faced by women in the MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa regions concerning gynecologic cancers. […]
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