DIVORCE AND THE LIVES OF WOMEN IN RURAL AREAS OF DEMBECHA WOREDA, WEST GOJJAM ZONE, AMHARA REGION,  ETHIOPIA

HIRUY, NARDOS

dc.contributor.author	HIRUY, NARDOS
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-22T07:05:46Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-22T07:05:46Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12944
dc.description.abstract	The issue of divorce is as old as human existence. Divorce affects children, women, and men differ in terms of how they go through the process and how they deal with the aftermath. Members of the same family can have very different experiences. A lot of divorcing families face a slew of issues involving the family, particularly the children; Mothers are, in most situations, the primary caregivers. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to investigate the causes of divorce and the lives of divorced women in rural areas of Dembecha woreda. To address the objective, the researcher uses a qualitative approach, ethnographic study design, and purposive sampling technique. The methods of data collection were: - in-depth interview, key informant interview, focus group discussion, and documents recorded in Dembecha woreda court office. The collected data were analyzed thematically. The finding of this study showed that divorce has different major causes in the study area such as - poverty, women taking family low as an advantage, relatives and friends’ interference, inability to give birth, cheating, the existence of stepchildren, and jealousy. Divorced women challenging economic, social, and psychological problems, to cope with those problems, they used; land rent, local Areki extraction, bull power, and daily labor. This can conclude as Divorce has different causes, it also becomes a serious problem especially for women because they have social and cultural influence to leave out the house and to care for children. Divorced women use different coping mechanisms but they do have not enough options to cope and resist the situation. Finally, this study suggests some implications such as, to escape the negative impacts of divorce, the habit of marriage counselling should be enhanced; creating awareness to the local people about the family law including the sharing of properties during a divorce is used to minimize the challenges of women, no one is asking them to give any governmental or non-governmental support but by seeing the seriousness of the problem, for example, giving a separate house, creating work opportunities, and other supports to them is mandatory.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Social Anthropology	en_US
dc.title	DIVORCE AND THE LIVES OF WOMEN IN RURAL AREAS OF DEMBECHA WOREDA, WEST GOJJAM ZONE, AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US