1. Population, Family Planning and International Development Jane O ’ Sullivan

2. For women ’ s rights and empowerment For maternal and infant health For addressing population growth Importance of reproductive health and family planning

3. One Child Policy Family planning* is effective in reducing family size and population growth *any combination of non-coercive measures to reduce barriers to women and couples exercising choice in timing and number of children, and to inform that choice.

4. Basic Research HIV/AIDS Basic Reproductive Health Services Family Planning Services Source: S.W. Sinding 2009. Population Poverty and Economic Development. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2009 364, 3023-3030. Distribution of funding for ‘population assistance’ Without focus on the problem of over- population, support for FP and SRHR withered.

5. The UN Medium Projection is not being met, nor can Millennium Development Goals be met in LDCs. As a direct result, fertility reduction is slowed and population increment reversed.

6. Relation between Birth Rate and Hunger Family planning underpins development

7. Investment in Family Planning has been more effective in reducing hunger than investment in Agriculture. Both are needed – in balance. Relation between Birth Rate and Hunger Family planning underpins development

8. Investment in Family Planning has been much more effective in reducing hunger than investment in Agriculture. Both are needed – in balance. Relation between Birth Rate and Hunger The funding pie - Balanced? Family planning underpins development

9. Reducing population growth adds value to everything else we do – in adaptation and mitigation. Population growth is a climate change issue

10. Reducing population growth adds value to everything else we do – in adaptation and mitigation. Omission is a barrier. The climate response is a game-changer for the development agenda. Issues omitted will be marginalised. Omission of population from the MDGs has seen a resurgence of growth, undermining all MDGs. Examine the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Population growth is a climate change issue

11. Conclusive thoughts Investment in Family Planning aids women’s empowerment, maternal and infant health and helps to reduce population A focus on population means added funding for Family Planning services and investment in women’s sexual and reproductive health Family Planning underpins development Reducing population growth adds value to other actions, including in terms of climate change Examine the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals