THE mother of one of the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack visited the Peace Centre to speak at the charity’s first Women for Peace conference.

Figen Murray, the mother of 29-year-old Martyn Hett who was one of 22 people killed in the atrocity on May 22, visited the Great Sankey centre last Thursday to talk about support for the families of victims of terror attacks. Following her son’s death, Ms Murray has been working with the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation’s survivors assistance network.

The conference aimed to help women prevent extremist views and help communities bring conflicts to an end.

Other speakers included anti-violence campaigner Dr Erinma Bell, the first woman to have her sculpture in Manchester Town Hall, and Nicola Benyahia from charity Families for Life.

Hannah Larn, leader of the Women for Peace project, said: “Around the world, women are disproportionately affected by violent conflict.

“Yet despite this, women are frequently excluded from the measures taken to seek peace - from grassroots level right up to international peace agreements.

“To date, the Peace Foundation has worked with more than 200 women across the north of England. We want to empower women to become effective peace builders in their communities.”

The event closed with a speech from Tabitha Morton, the Women’s Equality Campaigner who ran for mayor of Liverpool in May.

She spoke about her campaign to bring greater gender equality into issues surrounding the northern powerhouse project.