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born 1938
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa.
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Even though women are the victims, they are the ones who stand up. They are the ones who are able to promote peace and reconciliation
Increasingly there is recognition that full gender equity will ensure a stronger economy, a more developed nation, a more peaceful nation. And that is why we must continue to work.
“We need a government that investors can respect, rely on, and trust. Otherwise, we become a place for bad businesses and drug dealers instead of legitimate investors.”
“We want nothing more than to see this pandemic agreement open for signature following the World Health Assembly in 2026,”
"Future generations will judge us not by what we say, but what we do."
“Women bring unique perspectives and experiences that are vital in shaping inclusive, effective health care policies,”
“I did my best under the extenuating circumstances and conditions that we all know so very well,”
The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”
“We knew we couldn’t return to the Liberia that once was,”
So here is my call to you: go all in.
"I don't think this is the way to go,"
"We should not be sensational,"
"We must see ourselves as one,"
"When I took the Presidential Oath of Office in January 2006, Liberia was a nation where corruption was largely the operating system,"
“Pandemic preparedness and response remain vastly underfunded. Countries, regions and the global system must urgently think differently, and think big about how to finance this crucial public good,”
If I might thus speak to girls and women everywhere, I would issue them this simple invitation: My sisters, my daughters, my friends, find your voices!
“but we have come a long way.”
"I don't face any particular problems as a woman president because I have been a professional for a long time. I keep telling people: I am a technocrat who happens to be a woman."
“Ultimately, the act serves to protect the dignity and rights of individuals living with psychiatric illnesses. I championed this legislation because I firmly believe that every individual deserves compassionate, high-quality mental health care, free from discrimination.”
My life was safeguarded when thousands mobilized around the world to free me from imprisonment, and my life was spared by individual acts of compassion by some of my captors.
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