
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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The world is fragmenting — Africa and Europe can still hold it together
4 months ago // Opinion: Finance
Opinion: As a vital stabilizing axis, the Africa-Europe partnership must seize the opportunity for a necessary and urgent reset — one that could unlock $2.3 trillion in investment and solidify a shared future for the benefit of both continents, and the world.

Opinion: For the Pact for the Future to succeed, include women and girls
over 1 year ago // Gender equality
Early drafts of the U.N. Pact for the Future have so far fallen short on embedding gender equality into every action.
Opinion: Time to come clean on hand-washing investment
over 4 years ago // WASH Works
COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on hand-washing and ways of getting clean water and soap to billions of people who need them. Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf set out the steps we need to take to fix hand hygiene once and for all.
Opinion: How health workers are leading Africa’s COVID-19 response
over 4 years ago // Building Back Health
Community health workers have long responded to disease outbreaks while maintaining lifesaving services. Here are some investments to prioritize to end the pandemic and realize health for all.
Opinion: What COVID-19 tells us about battling malaria, other infectious diseases in Africa
about 5 years ago // Global health
One year after the emergence of COVID-19, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia, and Jakaya Kikwete, former president of Tanzania, discuss lessons from the pandemic on how African countries should respond to the ongoing threat of malaria.
Opinion: African women are leading the fight against COVID-19
over 5 years ago // COVID-19
In this op-ed, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discusses the actions 15 women leaders from the African continent took to combat the spread of the coronavirus in their communities.