Women can demand divorce more easily now - a step towards women empowerment? - Group Discussion

Women are considered to be the driving forces of any country and/or family. Women, especially in India, are considered to be less powerful. Every day we hear a lot of cases and laws in favor of women.

For:

- Women are perceived as a weaker gender. Such laws and/or rules give them a sense of satisfaction.

- Because a divorce was so difficult in the past, women had to be for no reason sacrifice against their will.

- Because the government had realized the torture women had gone through of a failed marriage, have they introduced easy norms.

- Statistically speaking, most divorce cases are filed by a woman. Certainly, there could be justifiable reasons behind the same.

Against:

- Some women can take advantage of such laws and even if they are at fault, they could be given the benefit of doubt.

- Women empowerment can be achieved by introducing even stringent laws for the other awful crimes like dowry, rape etc.

- There have been situations when women want a divorce to get a lawful share of the husband’s property.

- Even though women may get a divorce easily, the social stigma stays as it is. Women today are still perceived to be weaker after a divorce.

- It could be an empowerment for women of a certain community. Some communities and religion are still against a divorce.

- So many women today are still suffering from child marriage and /or female feticide. Whens such issues are eradicated; it would be a step towards women empowerment.

A divorce is a very individualistic decision. It is not difficult only for a women but, also for the man and family. Urban women today are considered to be powerful. Issue lies with the rural women in India. They are still suffering from a lot of issues apart from divorce. We need to move a step forward to eradicate those issues as well.