‘Divorce occurs in every 2 marriages in Kano’

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Written by Jaafar Jaafar, Kano   
Friday, 26 March 2010 00:38


A research conducted in 2008 by the Kano State Societal Reorientation Directorate shows that in every two marriages in Kano, one divorce is recorded. Speaking yesterday in Kano at an occasion to mark the International Women's Day, organised by the Partnership for the Promotion of Maternal and Child Health, a lecturer at the Department of Sociology in the Bayero University Kano, Dr Isma'ila Zango, said the revelation was alarming.

The sociologist said a survey conducted in 2001 across three states of the North-West region  had a similar result. Dr. Zango said the data collected from 500 women from Kano, Sokoto and Katsina States revealed that 35.5 percent of the women were divorced.

She warned that divorce affects the psychological and social balance of the family. "Women and children are always at the receiving end. There is a need to get to the root of the matter and make a strict legislation on divorces. Earlier, the district head of Albasu, Alhaji Wada Aliyu Gaya called for woman empowerment.

"Women should be accorded respect and given an opportunity to live a decent life," he said.

He maintained that the Emirate Council was ready to support them