<![CDATA[The community have varieties of perception towards the status of a widow. This study aims to describe people's perception of the women who had status as widow. This study used a qualitative descriptive design conducted in the district of Tamalate Makassar City. Informants were taken based on the purposive sampling technique and data collection carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed through the reduction, presentation, and verification process. The process of synthesizing data obtained from the finding of the study is carried out to draw conclusion in this study. People's perception of widows is determined by the problems the widows have experienced, dress styles, and behavior in daily life. The negative label is given to young widows divorced by their husbands, caused by committing to infidelity or economic problems. Some people think that to fulfill the daily needs, the widow will do negative things and indecent actions, but it is just a presumption that can not be proven. Most of the widows who live in Tamalate work by opening food stalls and making an online sale to fulfill their needs independently. They are also keeping themselves from deviating from social norms and sticking to religious teachings based on their faith.]]>
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