Penang NGO celebrates 40 years of being a lifeline for women and children


For the last 40 years, WCC has helped women through their difficult times. Photos: Women’s Centre for Change

In the heart of Penang, a quiet movement has been transforming lives for four decades.

It began in the mid-1980s, when a small group of volunteers offered crisis counselling for domestic violence survivors from a small municipal car park.

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