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total of 129 Muslim women entrepreneurs participated in a survey by
responding to a questionnaire via e-mail. The results of the survey
depicted that most of the Muslim women entrepreneurs agreed that
they had the intention to use co-working space (IUCWS) which
particularly concentrated on the provision of operator support (OS)
services, facilities (FC), social support services, and business
networking (SB), fees (FS), environment and location (EL), and
training and workshops (TW) provided by the co-working space
operators. Hence, nine (9) SDGs, namely SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3,
SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 16, and DG 17 could be
achieved through establishing co-working space for Muslim women
entrepreneurs in Malaysia.

Keywords: zakat, waqf, co-working space, women entrepreneurs.

INTRODUCTION
Economic hardship and the challenges of fulfilling family needs are
synonymous with the daily life of a woman and mother in Malaysia.
Economic stability is one of the main challenges of mothers and
women in Malaysia that is still far from being resolved. Despite these
never-ending challenges, the entry of single mothers into
entrepreneurial involvement is increasing despite the financial and
emotional barriers that they are facing (Mahat et al., 2019).
Interestingly, the growing trend of female entrepreneurs has aided in
narrowing the gap of global poverty and unemployment (Saidi et al.,
2017; Seshie-Nasser & Oduro, 2018).

Entrepreneurial activity is one of the benefits of the women's
empowerment program by the Malaysian government (Ishak et al.,
2021). This entrepreneurial involvement has eased the burden of
sustenance and changed the social image of women on a large scale.
For example, in ASEAN countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar,

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