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RI divorces on the rise amid rampant domestic abuse
Some 54 percent of divorcing couples last year cited constant conflict and arguing as the reason behind their separation, with around 1,400 reporting domestic abuse in their marriage.
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One-in-three women in the Americas have suffered violence at the hands of their domestic partner at some point in their life, according to a study released in March 2021 by the Pan American Health Organization. (Shutterstock/File)
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he Coordinating Human Development and Culture Ministry revealed that Indonesia had been seeing a rising trend of divorce and domestic abuse is the top reason behind it, alongside other factors including financial problems and adultery.
According to the ministry's Children, Women and Youth Quality Improvement deputy, Woro Srihastuti, 54 percent of divorcing couples last year cited constant conflict and arguing as the reason behind their separation, with around 1,400 reporting domestic abuse in their marriage.
Woro noted that a large majority of the abuse victims were women and children.
The divorce rate has been rising, especially after COVID-19, when public services were put on hold.
“In 2021, the divorce cases stood at 447,743 [a sharp increase from 291,667 in 2020 during the pandemic] and grew to 516,334 cases in the following year,” Woro told journalists at her office on July 15, adding that the number shrank to 463,654 last year.
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Separate data released by Statistics Indonesia in February also showed that divorces due to domestic abuse had been on the rise over the last three years.
