SURGE IN DIVORCE RATES IN BANGLADESH:

INDICATOR OF
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OR
DOWNFALL IN CORE HUMAN VALUES?
 ANT101.1, Fall 2019
Dr. Mohammad Bulbul Ashraf Siddiqui (BSq)

Name ID
Jahangir Md. Anan 1511640030

Md. Fazla Shahriar 1521298631

Raffat Arefin Khan Rafy 1611270030

Rehana Kabir 1821446642

Silva Rahman 1821742630

Nabila Tasnim 1821834642

Kashfia Zakir 1831609020

 INTRODUCTION

Although divorce is not a desirable act in any society of the world, but in a restricted
society like Bangladesh, to some extent, divorce is still treated as a taboo.
METHODOLOGY

Primary
Research

Secondary
Research
FACTUAL EVIDENCE

• Divorce application rate has increased by 34% in the past 7 years (up to 2018)
• 50,000 divorce applications were filed in two City Corporations of Dhaka in the past 6
years
• 70% of them were filed by women
 CAUSES
• Abuse
• Age Gap
• Communication
Breakdown
• Income And Employment
• Infidelity And Polygamy
• Personality Clash
• Reduced Stigmatization
And Discrimination
Towards People Seeking
Marital Termination
• Sexual And Reproductive
Compatibility
• Substance Abuse
 CONSEQUENCES
DECREASED LEVELS OF HAPPINESS
CHANGE IN ECONOMIC STATUS
MENTAL IMBALANCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
HIGHER RATES OF MORTALITY
DEPRESSION
POOR IMMUNE SYSTEM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 MINIMISING THE RATE OF DIVORCES
Amendment of Hindu Divorce Law
More thought and effort put into marriage
Popularisation of Marriage Counseling
Approach marriage as a partnership, from a gender-neutral perspective
 Conclusion

Although not supporting divorce it can be stated that

“It is better to be alone than being with someone who makes you feel like you
are on your own.”.