WAS 2019

24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health

It is with great pleasure that I invite you all to participate at the 24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) to be held in Mexico City (October 12 to 15, 2019). WAS is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and we invite all of you to join us in promoting Sexual health and Sexual Rights for All in Mexico City.

WAS is the world’s major umbrella organization in the field of sexual health / sexual rights, representing more than one hundred member organizations and several other global organizations from the five continents. Moreover, WAS is a truly multidisciplinary organization and the oldest global organization in the field of sexual health. Born in 1978 has been mostly concerned with sexual health and rights across the globe since then. Our mission statement summarizes this vision, emphasizing that WAS “promotes sexual health throughout human life spans all over the world by developing, promoting and supporting sexology and sexual rights for all”.

Participating at the WAS Congress in Mexico will be an opportunity to celebrate and share the diversity and richness of the science and practice of sexual health and sexual rights and meet experts and colleagues from all over the globe. Diversity is expressed by the array of scientific areas that contribute for the understanding of sexuality, including historical and social sciences, behavioural sciences, clinical and medical sciences, as well as educational sciences. Moreover, a wide range of applied areas and topics will be represented.

We will have a very intense, diverse, and global scientific program chaired by Alain Giami and Erick Janssen (vice-chair), together with the Local Organizing Committee (Osmar Matsui, Luis Perelman, Veronica Delgado, Eusebio Aurioles, and Esther Corona).

Finally, participating at the WAS Congress in Mexico is an opportunity to share and network with a truly multicultural audience from a variety of countries in the five continents while enjoying the atmosphere of one of the most historical UNESCO World Heritage cities in the world.

Welcome to Mexico City

Pedro Nobre

President of the World Association for Sexual Health