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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as the first woman president of Liberia during a Inauguration Ceremony at the Capitol Building in Monrovia, Liberia, 16 January 2006.

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as the first woman president of Liberia during a Inauguration Ceremony at the Capitol Building in Monrovia, Liberia, 16 January 2006.

Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images.

Where are All Liberia's Women in Public Office?

Despite being once heralded for becoming the first African country to elect a woman president, Liberia’s political landscape is sorely lacking in its representation of women.