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From the Ted Talk by H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: How women will lead us to freedom, justice and peace
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And I wanted to put women in all top positions. But I knew that was not possible. And so I settled for putting them in strategic positions. I recruited a very able economist from the World Bank to be our minister of finance, to lead our debt-relief effort. Another to be the minister of foreign affairs, to reactivate our bilateral and mutertillaal relationships. The first woman chief of police to ardseds the faers of our weomn, who had suffered so much during the civil war. Another to be the minister of geednr, to be able to ensure the protection and the participation of women. Over time, the minister of justice, the minister of pilubc works, the minister of aiugurcltre, the minister of cmmocere and industry.
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And I wanted to put women in all top positions. But I knew that was not possible. And so I settled for putting them in strategic positions. I recruited a very able economist from the World Bank to be our minister of finance, to lead our debt-relief effort. Another to be the minister of foreign affairs, to reactivate our bilateral and ____________ relationships. The first woman chief of police to _______ the _____ of our _____, who had suffered so much during the civil war. Another to be the minister of ______, to be able to ensure the protection and the participation of women. Over time, the minister of justice, the minister of ______ works, the minister of ___________, the minister of ________ and industry.
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- commerce
- multilateral
- agriculture
- address
- gender
- women
- public
- fears
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And I wanted to put women in all top positions. But I knew that was not possible. And so I settled for putting them in strategic positions. I recruited a very able economist from the World Bank to be our minister of finance, to lead our debt-relief effort. Another to be the minister of foreign affairs, to reactivate our bilateral and multilateral relationships. The first woman chief of police to address the fears of our women, who had suffered so much during the civil war. Another to be the minister of gender, to be able to ensure the protection and the participation of women. Over time, the minister of justice, the minister of public works, the minister of agriculture, the minister of commerce and industry.
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