The Role of Career Women in Fulfilling Family Support in Bugis Society in Parepare City: Testing Gender and Social Fiqh

ISSN: 2797-1686
Al-Iftah: Journal of Islamic Studies and Society
Vol. 2, No. 1, (2020), pp. 95-105
The Role of Career Women in Fulfilling Family Support in Bugis
Society in Parepare City: Testing Gender and Social Fiqh
Oktaviani1, Rahmawati2 , St. Nurhayati3
1Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Negeri Parepare
2Institut Agama Islam Negeri Parepare
3Institut Agama Islam Negeri Parepare
1vianio70@gmail.com
2rahmawati@iainpare.ac.id
3st.nurhayati@iainpare.ac.id
Abstract
This study discusses the role of career women in fulfilling family livelihoods
where women are more involved in supporting their families. The aims of this
study are 1) to find out the dual roles of women as wives, mothers and women who
work outside the home; 2) to find out the gender analysis of career women in
fulfilling family income in the city of Parepare, and 3) to find out the analysis of
social fiqh on career women in fulfilling the family income in the city of Parepare.
This type of study is a field study and development (research and development)
with a normative sociological approach. The primary data source is in the form of
interview data from ten informants, namely, women who have jobs outside the
home (career). The data from this study were analyzed descriptively qualitatively
through validity tests and using triangulation techniques. The results of this study
indicate that 1) The dual role of women as wives, mothers and women who work
outside the home, wAnita as a wife is required to be loyal to her husband so that
she can be a motivator for her husband's activities, women as housewives, who
are responsible for the house and household management, manage everything in
the household to improve the quality of life, women as career womenwho have a
job outside the home and dwell in a certain field according to their expertise; 2)
Gender analysis of career women who play a role in fulfilling family income, that
men and women have the same rights to fulfill family income, and 3) Analysis of
social fiqh on career women who play a role in fulfilling family livelihoods in the
Bugis community in Parepare City, that wCareer women in the Islamic
perspective are viewed from the position as creations that Islam
provides a proper position and degree to women as well as the
same status as men.