The African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning (AWLN) successfully advocated for the inclusion of strong family planning language in the outcome report of the 47th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD47) in New York, April 7-11, 2014. This milestone is a critical one for elevating the visibility of family planning on the global stage, engaging high-level leaders from the global South, and ensuring family planning is included in the post-2015 development agenda.