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World Service,09 Sep 1999,28 mins

Mums Against Guns

Everywoman

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Freddie Hamilton, an American mother whose son was killed by a gunshot, talks about her campaign to break the cycle of gun violence in black American communities. Also on the programme: New Yorker Grace Paley explains her quiet 30-year campaign for peace. Plus, what were Egyptian women up to when Tutankhamen ruled the roost? The diary is from a South African policewoman who deals with violence on a daily basis.

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