IRVING-MATTOCKS...create a step for another woman
WITH International Women’s Day being observed this year under the theme ‘Give to Gain’, few stories capture its meaning more powerfully than that of Dr Natalie Irving-Mattocks.
The executive director of Caribbean Technical Assistance and Education Centre for Health (C-TECH) — a regional organisation dedicated to strengthening health systems, building workforce capacity, and improving access to quality health services across the Caribbean — has worked hard to uplift women and girls, especially during crises such as the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
But her passion for humanitarian work did not begin in a boardroom. It began with her own struggles.
Irving-Mattocks told the Jamaica Observer that while growing up in Jamaica’s inner city she moved 20 times before the age of 18, living with different relatives as she navigated a complicated relationship with her parents.
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