Women's Banner Group

13/04/2026

Sisters don't forget to get yourselves along to the National Women's Action for Positive Change AGM on Wednesday evening from 6pm at Redhills Durham

Join us!

We are inviting all women to come along to our AGM and Social on Wednesday 15th April from 6pm-10pm at Redhills Durham. If you would like to know more about our growing vibrant network this is the place to be.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/sMZ4uTxdputCRcdJ9

Note: We use women as an inclusive term and welcome all women including trans women and non binary people who have women as part of their identity. All women are welcome in our network.

21/03/2026

Join us!

We are inviting all women to come along to our AGM and Social on Wednesday 15th April from 6pm-10pm at Redhills Durham. If you would like to know more about our growing vibrant network this is the place to be.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/sMZ4uTxdputCRcdJ9

Note: We use women as an inclusive term and welcome all women including trans women and non binary people who have women as part of their identity. All women are welcome in our network.

21/03/2026

Sisters we will be here too as we are part of this. Come along.

Join us!

We are inviting all women to come along to our AGM and Social on Wednesday 15th April from 6pm-10pm at Redhills Durham. If you would like to know more about our growing vibrant network this is the place to be.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/sMZ4uTxdputCRcdJ9

Note: We use women as an inclusive term and welcome all women including trans women and non binary people who have women as part of their identity. All women are welcome in our network.

14/01/2026

If you've not seen this film yet, here's another chance ❤️✊

30/09/2025

26/09/2025

Get your tickets now!!

https://redhillsdurham.org/event/iron-ladies/

04/09/2025

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We are deeply concerned about the recent coordinated campaign to place England flags on lampposts across County Durham towns and villages, part of what's being called "Operation Raise the Colours."

While we have no issue with the England flag itself - many of our members proudly display it during sporting events and fly the Union flag on Remembrance Day - research by Hope Not Hate reveals this campaign is being organised by well-known far-right extremists. The main organising force is "Operation Raise the Colours," co-founded by Andrew Currien, a longtime ally of Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) and former English Defence League leadership bodyguard member with a criminal conviction for his part in a racist death.

This is not about patriotism. This is about intimidation.

These extremists are deliberately weaponising our national symbols to send a message of exclusion to our neighbours, particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds and those seeking refuge from conflict. Whilst not everyone placing flags may realise the organised nature behind this campaign, we must recognise how these symbols are being transformed from ones that should unite us into tools of division and fear.

We're also appalled by the criminal damage being caused across our communities - red crosses daubed on roundabouts, zebra crossings, and direction signs. These so-called "patriots" are vandalising our public spaces, making our villages look worse and creating costly repair bills for our already financially stretched councils. True patriots would never deface their own communities in this way.

Our communities in County Durham have always been places of welcome and solidarity. We will not allow extremists to change that character or make any resident - regardless of their background - feel unwelcome in their own neighbourhoods.

We also condemn the vile misogyny these groups direct towards women who stand up against racism. Women who speak out for inclusion and equality face particular targeting and harassment. We stand firmly with all women who refuse to be silenced in the face of hatred.

County Durham deserves better than this manufactured division. True patriotism means building communities where everyone can feel safe, valued, and at home.

We call on all residents to see through this divisive campaign and continue fostering the welcoming communities that make our county strong.

03/09/2025

Women Against the Far Right – Open Letter

We reject the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. They are not defenders of women. They exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.

Violence against women and girls is a serious and urgent issue. But it will never be solved by the likes of Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick targeting refugees, Muslims and migrants.

There is no evidence that people seeking refuge are more likely to commit acts of sexual violence. Many are themselves survivors of violence, war and persecution. Blaming them distracts from tackling the deep-rooted causes of abuse and from holding those truly responsible to account.

The far right are seizing on lies and spreading misinformation to mobilise protests outside hotels housing refugees, including women and children. This does nothing to make women safer.

The truth is that sexual violence is endemic across society and far too often ignored by those in power. Public services for women, children, victims and survivors have been cut to the bone, and too many cases are left without justice.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/02/women-stop-linking-asylum-seekers-sexual-abuse

15/08/2025

On this day, 12 August 1887, pioneering Colombian socialist and women's rights advocate María Cano, known as the "Flor del trabajo" ("Labour flower"), was born in Antioquia. At the time, women in Colombia could not hold most jobs, participate in elections, or even spend their own money.
Cano was from a middle-class family, but came into contact with lots of people regularly at her local library, and began to support people living in poor neighbourhoods. At the age of 38 she became a socialist, and a leading activist in the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which made her the first woman political leader in the country. She toured widely, wrote agitational texts and gave fiery speeches to huge crowds of mining, oil and banana workers. She was placed under police surveillance, repeatedly arrested and security forces occasionally opened fire to disperse her audiences.
Following a strike of banana workers in 1928 which was violently crushed that December, Cano was jailed for conspiracy, despite not having been present. She was subsequently purged from her Party as an "adventurist", but she continued her outreach work and strike solidarity until the end of her life in 1967.
More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8368/mar%C3%ADa-cano-born
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