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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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Our weomn could seelp peacefully at night again, without fear. Our children were smiling again, as I promised them during my first inaugural address. The reputation and credibility of our nation, lost in the many years of conflict, were restored.

But pogrress is never guaranteed. And in our lgeruitasle, in my first term, women were 14 percent. In the second term, it declined to eight percent, because the environment was increasingly toxic. I had my fair sraehs of criticism and toxicity. Nobody is perfect. But there's nothing more predictable than a strong wmoan who wants to change things, who's brave to speak out, who's bold in action.

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Our _____ could _____ peacefully at night again, without fear. Our children were smiling again, as I promised them during my first inaugural address. The reputation and credibility of our nation, lost in the many years of conflict, were restored.

But ________ is never guaranteed. And in our ___________, in my first term, women were 14 percent. In the second term, it declined to eight percent, because the environment was increasingly toxic. I had my fair ______ of criticism and toxicity. Nobody is perfect. But there's nothing more predictable than a strong _____ who wants to change things, who's brave to speak out, who's bold in action.

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  2. woman
  3. shares
  4. sleep
  5. legislature
  6. women

Original Text


Our women could sleep peacefully at night again, without fear. Our children were smiling again, as I promised them during my first inaugural address. The reputation and credibility of our nation, lost in the many years of conflict, were restored.

But progress is never guaranteed. And in our legislature, in my first term, women were 14 percent. In the second term, it declined to eight percent, because the environment was increasingly toxic. I had my fair shares of criticism and toxicity. Nobody is perfect. But there's nothing more predictable than a strong woman who wants to change things, who's brave to speak out, who's bold in action.

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