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BREAKING BARRIERS

From Jamaica Gleaner · () English

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  • Nearly 140 teenage mothers are set to return to school on Monday.
  • Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation director Novlette Howell said the move shows attitudes toward reintegrating teenage mothers are changing.

Nearly 140 teenage mothers will return to school on Monday, in what the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation described as a sign that attitudes toward their reintegration are changing.

Novlette Howell, the foundation’s executive director, said the idea that girls like these cannot enter educational institutions belongs to the past. “The notion where our girls are not getting into institutions, it’s a thing of the past,” she told The Gleaner.

The notion where our girls are not getting into institutions, it’s a thing of the past

· Novlette HowellThe Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation director described changing attitudes toward teenage mothers returning to school.
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