Abstract
Divorce or separation is a personal as well as social issue. As a result of divorce, a bride has to come back to her parents’ house which is not considered respectable in the society of Bangladesh. And the situation can be more difficult if the parents are not alive or have no property. The study mainly focused on the causes and consequences of increasing divorce rate among urban women. For this purpose, women from 26 no. and 31 no. Ward of Khulna City Corporation area under Khulna District was purposively selected as the study area. This study is descriptive in nature, case study and focus group discussion method was used to conduct the study. Qualitative data were collected from the respondents who are separated from husband at least two years using a FGD guide. Total 26 samples were selected following the quota sampling method and every group contains 13 members on the basis of employment. The reason for divorce is multidimensional for women. Studies have revealed many traditional causes of divorce such as dowry, failure in the role of husband's provider, presence of alcohol and drug addiction, infertility, sexual dysfunction and physical violence. In addition, many modern reasons for divorce such as conflict of values, lack of commitments of the husband, suspicious nature of the husband, extramarital affairs and mental abuse can be the cause of divorce. After divorce, women face financial crisis, social harassment by family and society. Children from broken family are victim to psychological problem as well as economic crisis. Divorce always not a solution of conjugal life Problem. The marital life survives on the self-sacrifice of both wife and husband. The couple who learns to sacrifice to each other will be able to enjoy a beautiful life. Keywords: Divorce, Marriage. DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-22-03 Publication date: November 30 th 2021
Highlights
And marriage, as a social institution, have been around for almost a thousand years. (Akter, 2013.)
Findings and Discussion This chapter investigates the reasons behind increasing divorce problem of women during Covid- 19 pandemic in 26 and 31 no. ward of Khulna City Corporation area of Bangladesh
In just five months from June to October 2020, the divorce rate has increase by 29.78 percent (BBS, 2021)
Summary
As a social institution, have been around for almost a thousand years. (Akter, 2013.). As a social institution, have been around for almost a thousand years. 2001).Marriage is socially and legally allowed union (Afroz, 2019.). It is governed by the laws, beliefs and attitudes of society (Khanom, 2017) which creates strong family bond (Afroz, 2019). Marriage is declining, people are getting married later, divorce or break down of family loosen the role of family and marriage (Monsor, 2003). According to Matt Lundquist, Clinical Director of Tribeca Therapy, the epidemic has created an existing maelstrom, which in most cases couples have previously ignored or tried to ignore (Nowsen, 2021). Despite the fact that the marriage rate is declining faster than the divorce rate, experts predict that between 40 and 50% of all existing marriages will eventually end in divorce (AFS, April, 2021)
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