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On August 20th 2013 Ìýa gunman walked into the McNair Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia with an AK-47-style assault rifle, 500 rounds of ammunition and announced, ‘We are all going to die today!’.Ìý ,Ìý the school’s book keeper, was taken hostage.Ìý As the school went into lockdown Antoinette talked to the gunman,Ìý politely following his instructions, encouragingÌý him to keep calm.Ìý As she began to empathise with him,Ìý by sharing her owns troubles,Ìý incredibly her words led to him giving himself up to the police,Ìýwithout anyone being injured. ÌýIn her new book Antoinette explains why she believes her own ‘long and difficult’ journey took her to exactly where she needed to be that day.

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As part of Woman’s Hour’s WWI: Women and the War series, Jenni takes a look at War Girls a new collection of short stories written by some of the most acclaimed names in contemporary children's literature. Berlie Doherty and Anne Fine - both of whom have won the Carnegie medal twice - talk about their contributions to the book and discuss the role that young women and girls played during the First World War.Ìý

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Every 30 seconds the British police receive a 999 call to a domestic violent incident and recent statistics show that 89% of repeated domestic abuse is perpetrated against women. Many people believe it only happens to older, married women, but girls aged 16 to 24 are more likely to experience violence from their boyfriends than their adult counterparts. On average, two women in Britain die each week as a result of domestic violence. Murdered by My Boyfriend – on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three next Monday - tells the heart-breaking story of one young woman who, despite years of physical and emotional abuse, couldn’t escape her relationship. It is based on a true story and the writer – Regina Moriarty – joins Jenni to talk about the film and about why domestic violence against young women has been a hidden subject.