As part of CLGFs work towards achieving SDG5 - to increase the number of women in local government politics across the Commonwealth, we talk to Keithtarror Munroe. A councillor from 2011 to 2022, and Deputy Chief Councillor since 2022 in the Bahamas. Read More

Gender equality in local government is key to the work of CLGF and it was very timely for the interests of local government to be heard as part of the 13th Commonwealth Womens Affairs Ministers Meeting (WAMM) held last month in the Bahamas. Read More

In line with the theme of the Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2023 - Building resilience in local government - which takes place in November in Kigali, Rwanda, we wanted to take a look at why this issue is so crucial on a very localised and personal level. Read More

The theme of the 2023 Commonwealth Local Government Conference CLGC2023 is: Building resilience in local government to build back better. We explain why this subject is crucial as we go forward and why you should be in Kigali for CLGC2023. Read More

CLGF began the first of two online events to discuss Youth in Cities for the Caribbean and Pacific regions, organised in conjunction with the Commonwealth Youth for Sustainable Urbanisation (CSYU) Network, Read More