Women’s financial independence blamed for high divorce rate
Doha. Women taking up jobs and becoming financially independent is one of the major reasons for the high divorce rate, says a senior employee of the Qatar General Youth Authority.
"Women walking shoulder to should with men in public life and gaining financial independence is something new to our society and I think this is the main cause of the high divorce rate," Abdullah Al Hammadi, said in remarks to The Peninsula yesterday.
Speaking on the sidelines of a debate on the Human Development Report on Qatar, he said: "Life here has changed and with it have emerged new social problems. The high divorce rate is one of them."
Women were earlier financially dependent on their husbands, so they thought hundreds of times before seeking divorce. They are financially secure now, so even if there is a fight with the husband on a trivial issue, they ask for divorce, he said.
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