Divorce
- Divorce, Domestic violence, Global development, India, Life and style, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Too many women choose death over divorce’: the Indian retreats taking the shame out of separation
Divorce is not an end but a beginning, says Rafia Afi, who gets women together to change ideas about toxic mar…
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See You Again, the hit reality TV series in China helping to destigmatise divorce
The show, which sends couples contemplating divorce away on a weeks-long roadtrip, has struck a chord and igni…
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Japan to allow divorced parents to share custody of children
Change to civil code will bring Japan into line with other G7 countries, amid concerns existing law inflicts p…
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‘Happy rebirth!’: Chinese women shake off taboos around divorce to celebrate freedom
As the divorce rate in China rises, attitudes to separations are changing, with young women now throwing parti…
- Divorce, Domestic violence, Global development, India, Law, Life and style, Marriage, Migration, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘He lives freely, I live in fear’: the plight of India’s abandoned wives
Activists highlight the poverty, stigma and abuse faced by women deserted by spouses living abroad Kamala Redd…
- Afghanistan, Children, Divorce, Global development, Internally displaced people, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
‘They came for my daughter’: Afghan single mothers face losing children under Taliban
Life for single mothers in Afghanistan has always been marred by stigma and poverty. Now with the Taliban in c…
- Afghanistan, Divorce, Forced marriage, Human rights, Law, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
‘Nowhere to go’: divorced Afghan women in peril as the Taliban close in
As horror stories emerge from areas that have fallen to the Islamist militants, women living alone fear they h…
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‘Historic’ day as India outlaws ‘triple talaq’ Islamic instant divorce
Minister says women now have justice but Muslim groups accuse Hindu-led government of community interferenceIn…