This legal opinion seeks to answer whether or not the Philippines is ready for divorce

law.

Based on the preliminary findings of the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey
(NDHS), one in four (26%) ever-married women aged 15-49 has ever experienced
physical, sexual or emotional violence by their husband or partner. One in
five (20%) women has ever experienced emotional violence, 14 percent has ever
experienced physical violence, and 5 percent has ever experienced sexual violence by
their current or most recent husband or partner. (Release date: March 26, 2018)
 
Women’s experience with violence by a partner varies widely by region:
only 7 percent of ever-married women in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao report experiencing physical, sexual, or emotional violence by
their last partner compared with 52 percent of ever-married women in
Caraga. All forms of violence generally decline with increasing household
wealth.

"I think divorce should be available to people who become homicidal at the
sight of each other. That's so much better than making each other
miserable for the rest of their lives and impacting the lives of their children
as well. I've always made known my views since I was RTC (Regional Trial
Court) judge," she said.
Is this country ready for divorce? It can only be so when we recognize that
if a person has the right to enter into marriage, he or she also has the right
to get out of it if the union is no longer healthy, and is in fact life-threatening
for both of them and their children.