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PETALING JAYA: Women’s groups lauded the government’s allocation of RM21mil to set up support centres for domestic violence victims, as well as RM24mil to strengthen mental health, violence and injury prevention, and substance abuse programmes.

They also pointed out that Budget 2021 had outlined incentives and allocations to set up childcare centres in workplaces.

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