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BREAKING BARRIERS - Women’s Centre helping 139 teen moms to head back to school on Monday

September 05, 2026 | News
Nearly 140 adolescent mothers will return to school on Monday, a move executive director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Novlette Howell, said reflects a shifting attitude towards the reintegration of teenage mothers into the classroom. “The notion where our girls are not getting into institutions, it’s a thing of the past,” she told The Gleaner.
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BREAKING BARRIERS - Women’s Centre helping 139 teen moms to head back to school on Monday
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