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Rita Marley, Bob Marley’s widow, announces new scholarship for her 75th birthday

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Bob Marley‘s widow marked the occasion with the announcement of a new annual scholarship aimed at women.The Rita Marley Scholarship will be awarded to three women each year, aiming to empower “women from the lower socio-economic stratum of Jamaica’s society”, per Jamaica Observer.Of the three women awarded, two will be pursuing careers in nursing at the University of Technology Nursing, and one will be a single mother who experienced teenage pregnancy, now enrolled at the Women Centre of Jamaica.In a statement given to Billboard, Sharon Marley, Rita’s daughter and ex-member of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, said, “Providing scholarships for young women needing assistance to complete their educational goals — thus maintaining and.

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