Inequality of access to social assistance services is still a sectoral problem faced in various regions including Baubau. Although the local government has carried out policy masculinization, in reality it still faces a variety of obstacles oriented towards biased access to social assistance services in the community. This study aims to further explore the alleged inequality and or inequality of access to social assistance services in Baubau. There are at least three important questions raised in this research. First, what is the reality of the implementation of social assistance services in Baubau? Second, what are the factors behind the inequality of access to social assistance services? Third, how is the mapping and counseling of bias in access to social assistance services in Baubau. In dissecting these questions, this research uses a descriptive-qualitative method with a critical paradigm. The data analysis process in this case uses the offer of Matthew B. Miles and Michael Haberman. The findings in this article show that the implementation of social assistance services in Baubau still faces many challenges oriented towards two main aspects, namely the issue of beneficiary data (data fresness and Ineligible data) and community accessibility issues These two points are the main starting point for inequality in access to social assistance services in Baubau, which can technically be categorized into two major classifications, namely bias (Inequality) between urban (urban) and rural (rural) areas. With the extension activities, this problem is expected to be minimized for the sake of more solitive and adaptive social assistance governance.
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