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Tell your story to the world – using just your mobile phone

Tell your story to the world – using just your mobile phone.

The Response is a new programme which gives you the chance to broadcast a unique story about yourself to the world using just your mobile phone.

The theme of the first programme is 'Turning Point'. We want you to think of a story about an event which changed you. It could be in your family life, a change in career, your health, the birth of a child – any incident which had a big impact on your life.

To take part, just find the voice recorder on your phone, make a two minute recording of yourself telling the story and email that recording to us, marked The Response at worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk

Try to convey what happened, why it was so important and the impact it had.

If you’re confused about how to take part, send a brief outline of your story and your phone number and we’ll get back to you.

We will edit your stories together into a unique half-hour of the experiences which have shaped lives. The programme will be presented by Shaimaa Khalil.

So take your phone, make a recording and send a story to us now! You could find yourself broadcasting to millions…

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Inspiring Women

06/12/2016 GMT

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A family secret and the steps taken by one woman to protect her children

For years Gill knew there was a secret in the family. When she found out the truth, the extent of her mother's sacrifices are made clear. Part of the 100 Women series.

Gill knew there was a secret in the family. When she found out the truth, the extent of her mother's sacrifices become clear. 
Her story is just one sent to The Response from listeners' smartphones after we requested your stories about "inspiring women".

In other stories John King recalls a woman whose name he cannot remember, but who changed the course of his life. Taform Isaac Meyahnui from Cameroon remembers being hungry and denied an education, before an aunt offered him a lifeline. And, students from the Liceo Vito Fazio Allmayer language school in Alcamo Sicily tell us about the women who fire their passions, from the Nobel Prize winning scientist Rita Levi Montalcini to the Harry Potter author JK Rowling. 

There are contributions from Gill Roberts, Fatima Sarr, Melania Trovato, Emanuela Orlando, Giorgia Saullo, Diana Madibekova, Martina Campo, Giullia Accardo, Isabella Garbo and Anna Rodriquenz.

(Photo Hiker at summit peak, looking at sunset. Credit: Stanislaw Pytel/Getty Images)

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