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This study explores the impact of financial inclusions on financial resilience. In doing so, we utilize the World Bank's data on global financial inclusions. Our study confirms that the respondents with financial accounts are more resilient than those without accounts. The chances of being financially resilient are around 1.4 times higher for the account holders than their counterparts. We find a significant relationship between gender and financial resilience; males are 1.4 times more resilient than females when other covariates are considered in the regression model.

Achieving gender equality and women's empowerment is integral to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and it has been emphasised that women have a key role in achieving SDGs. Towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, what is the reality of gender equality in women's entrepreneurship? The Malaysian government has provided various platforms to increase women's participation in entrepreneurship. However, the relatively meagre research exploring the lived experiences of women entrepreneurs in Malaysia where patriarchy is strongly embedded in the society has created a big gap in the literature. By using the gender lens and Kandiyoti's concept of bargaining patriarchy, this article explores how women entrepreneurs are constantly negotiating and at the same time conforming to patriarchal norms to earn their own "space and freedom" in running and managing their business activities. Ten women entrepreneurs of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) were interviewed. It is revealed that women entrepreneurs have to constantly juggle their time between performing their domestic duties and their entrepreneurship through constant negotiation with the patriarchal norms. This study offers new insights on negotiating patriarchy used by the women entrepreneurs as a strategy to run their business activities. The gender lens used managed to unravel the fact that Malay Muslim women entrepreneurs are not just Nor Hafizah Selamat and Noraida Endut 12 passive recipients of patriarchal norms, but consciously and constantly strategise and negotiate their way within the constraints of living in a patriarchal society.

The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although critical interest in resilience and the role of digital technology in enabling refugees to navigate their new surroundings has been growing, little attention has been paid to the influence of language and literacy in processes of resilience-building and the use of such technology. This is important due to the diverse linguistic resources which refugees bring with them and the central role of language in adapting to contexts of forced displacement. We develop a conceptual framework for examining refugees' transnational use of smartphones and apply the framework to data collected from participatory workshops with fifty-four Rohingya refugees in Malaysia. Results revealed varying degrees of digital literacy, linguistic capital and literacy in three main languages: the Rohingya language which refugees bring with them, Bahasa Malaysia, the national language of Malaysia and English, which is widely spoken in Malaysia. These variations significantly shape resilience-building strategies. Greater attention to the role of language and literacy in refugees' use of digital technology will contribute to better understanding of the capacity for resilience among these individuals and more effective digital solutions.

The aim of this study is to explore how single women in Malaysia who have never been married view marriage and related issues. Two-hundred single women between the ages of 24 to 66 were interviewed in this study. Participants reported their view on gender and marriage (42-items), social expectations related to their marital status (12-item) and their marital plan. Participants reported moderately traditional view about gender and marriage experienced some level of expectations to get married and although they generally felt positive with their current status of being single, they were still open to the idea of marriage. Ideal characteristics of a partner include kindness, sincerity, responsibility and maturity. Findings indicated realistic but open expectations related to marriage.