STRATEGIES OF CAREER WOMEN AT ISLAMIC UNIVERSITIES IN KALIMANTAN IN CARRYING OUT HOUSEHOLD OBLIGATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MAQASHID AS-SYARI'AH

Abstract

The problem of this research is the dual role of female officials (hereinafter referred to as “career women”) at Islamic universities in Kalimantan. The reasons for the research are (1) Knowing the constraints of the role played by career women at Islamic universities in Kalimantan in carrying out their obligations as housewives. (2) Revealing the role strategy of career women at Islamic universities in Kalimantan in carrying out household obligations from the Maqashid Syari'ah perspective. This research method is descriptive analytical with a normative approach. The results of the study are (1) The obstacles for career women in carrying out their obligations as housewives are not having enough productive time at home, feeling beyond their capabilities by playing multiple roles, and feeling tired. (2) The role strategy that is carried out to complete household obligations is carried out by adopting students, preparing household assistants, asking for help from family or other people, and cooperating with husbands. It can be concluded that in the perspective of Maqashid Syari'ah, the role strategy carried out by female officials in completing household obligations belongs to the Maqashid al-Hajiyyah level, namely the efforts made by career women to eliminate their difficulties in carrying out household obligations assigned to them to be the responsibility together in the family.