The use of a feminist narrative co-opts feminists sentiments when encouraging women to indulge in a particular activity. Examples of the narrative can be, but are not limited to “Beauty is what you define it to be ” or “be beautiful for yourself and no one else”.

Cash transfers are a form of social welfare where the government directly transfers cash to people who qualify for welfare, and they are free to spend it however they want. Alternatively, governments can also directly distribute social goods (food stamps, free education, vocational training programmes etc) to those that qualify for it

The JPA scholarship is a full or partial scholarship offered towards students that do well in their SPM examinations, or are awarded through an application process, scholars are bonded to the government (must work for the government for a set number of years). In 2013, the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia decided to change the terms of the JPA scholarship offered to high performing students in Malaysia, limiting the scholarship only to tertiary institutions within Malaysia although previous batches of JPA scholars were fully sponsored to study in a university they are accepted into overseas.