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Jodie Foster, who's been working on screen since she was three years old, tells us about her latest project directing Julia Roberts and George Clooney.

Thousands of students across the UK this week took their GCSE English Literature exam and many answered questions on a familiar classic novel - Lord of the Flies. Louise Doughty on potential female led alternatives.

Meera Syal on her own novel, Anita and Me, being part of the GCSE syllabus.

In 2014 nearly 300 school girls were abducted by the Boko Haram in North Eastern Nigeria, many have still not returned. Mausi Segun, the Human Rights Watch lead research in Nigeria, talks about what is being done to bring the girls back.

The food writer Sabrina Ghayour makes stir-fried tangy prawns.

Who are the women voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 American Presidential elections?

The most senior employee at Facebook outside the US, Nicola Mendelsohn - who's Vice President Europe Middle East and Africa for Facebook - talks about their campaign to support more women in the UK starting up their own businesses.

And the first link in our chain of inspirational women, Sandie Okoro, one of the most influential women in London and in the
financial world.