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Etweda Cooper Quotes

Liberia

Etweda Ambavi Gbenyon Cooper known as Sugars, is a Liberian politician and peace activist. She has been described as "the doyenne" and "the godmother" of the Liberian women's movement.

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Random Etweda Cooper quote

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I was speaking up because we were trying to protect the rights of the women.

People in Monrovia were used to this kind of freedom of expression, freedom of movement.

We decided that we were going to pursue peace, no matter what the obstacles were.

People were afraid. They did not know what would happen next.

We must participate in the decision-making process. We must help create a new government that will ensure our children go to school and people have jobs. We have to ensure our hopes are realized.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Etweda Cooper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.