North Durham Women’s Conference - 100 Years of Progress? (Part1 AM Session)
Channel: Mental Health North East [closed]
Date: 2019-02-23

Conference organisers were delighted when approximately 200 people participated in this ground-breaking event on October 21st, which brought together women from North Durham and throughout the region and indeed some men in support of the women too.

The conference was a colourful affair with stalls, workshops, high-profile speakers and a fantastic vegetarian buffet provided by local community organisation, PACT House. As well as the launch of the Cooperative Women’s network a lot of networking went on through the day, many connections made and plans for joint future work formulated.

Speakers included Professor Selina Todd of Oxford University, Kevan Jones MP and Jude Kirton Darling MEP as well as Laura Daly, Co Durham, Women’s Banner Group. Workshops ranged from domestic violence, women in business, history of women in the Labour Movement, to proggy mat making. 

Topics discussed by speakers at Question Time included the impact of Brexit—on women, the consultation and legislation involving transgender rights and safe spaces for women, the true history of the suffrage movement and the importance of trade unions in protecting women’s rights.

Praise on the day from many of those attending the event is also reflected in evaluation forms revealing a high level of satisfaction.
Mental Health North East the lead delivery organisation would like to thank all their volunteers and The Co-op Depot for the wonderful hamper donated for the raffle.  See next page for thank-yous  and photographs.