President sirleaf famous speech quotes

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.

Famous quotes from speeches

Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, in recognition of her efforts to bring women into the peacekeeping process.

Quotes

• To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation.

  My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice.

  • [1] January 10 2021 by YourStory.Com retrieved 14 November 2022.
• It’s a big challenge in whatever country we’re in, because the stereotyping, the obstacles that women face are global… And so the action must be global, it must be collective.

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  And it must be a networking across borders, because our rights are the same, our goals are common.

• Once the glass ceiling has been broken, it can never be put back together, however one would try to do that.
  • [3] January 10 2021 by YourStory.Com retrieve