TRANSFORMASI PERAN PEREMPUAN DESA BULA DI ERA DIGITAL: PERSPEKTIF HUKUM KELUARGA ISLAM

Abstract

Digitalization expands rural women's participation while simultaneously raising new questions about family role-sharing, unequal access, digital safety, and rights protection. This study examines the transformation of women's roles in Bula Village, East Seram Regency, assesses the transformation from the perspective of Islamic family law, and identifies the digital literacy challenges women encounter. It applies a descriptive qualitative approach within a socio-legal framework. Primary data were drawn from field interviews with women who use digital technology, a female community figure, and village officials; secondary data were obtained from legislation, official statistics, and scholarly literature. The data were thematically analyzed through the principles of reciprocity (mubadalah), family rights and obligations, and maqasid al-shari'ah. The findings indicate that digital technology encourages women in Bula to perform hybrid roles: managing household responsibilities while accessing information, supporting children's education, developing small businesses, and broadening social participation. This transformation does not automatically eliminate inequality because women still face unstable connectivity, limited devices, data costs, uneven skills, double workloads, cultural constraints, and online gender-based violence. From an Islamic family-law perspective, women's digital activities are legitimate and beneficial when organized through mutual consultation, do not deprive family members of their rights, respect women's ownership of their income, and safeguard the security and dignity of all parties. Digital-literacy initiatives in Bula should therefore combine technical skills, ethics, culture, safety, and education for equitable family relations.

Keywords: women's role transformation; digital literacy; Islamic family law; mubadalah; Bula Village