On 9th and 10th May 2013 57 parliamentarians from 34 countries from around the world (including 14 G20 countries) met in the Houses of Parliament in London, where they were joined by over 100 other participants from across the fields of international development. They discussed the importance of family planning and reproductive health in development, and how they are key to issues such as sustainable development, women’s empowerment and maternal and newborn health. At the end of the event they agreed upon a powerful message to the policymakers who are planning the future framework for International Development. This message outlined their understanding that: “Women’s and adolescent’s sexual and reproductive health and rights affect not only their own wellbeing and destinies; they also direct the future of families, societies and humanity and are a key driver of social and economic development.” It then went on to: “Demand that G8/G20 leaders place family planning in the context of sexual and reproductive health and rights at the core of the post-2015 development agenda.”