The 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference kicked off this morning amid calls by the keynotes speakers for genuine cooperation among Member States for the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth Fraternity.

Women Legislators have called on Commonwealth Parliaments to open up more space for women participation in governance and in the decision making process. Speaking when they congregated for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentary Conference (CWP) at the on-going 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at Speke Resort, in Munyonyo, Uganda, the women leaders lamented that across the Commonwealth fraternity, women issues have not been embraced as national issues.