52% divorce cases filed due to husbands feeling bored

CAIRO - 14 March 2018: Since the beginning of 2018, 52 percent of the divorce cases lodged by wives to the Family Court are due to dispute escalations over husbands’ complaints about wives not paying sufficient attention to their looks after marriage.

According to a random sample of women found regularly frequenting the court, their spouses constantly accuse them of taking them for granted, neglect them after marriage and hold them accountable for being the reason why they had to seek an escape from the boring marriage life.

Also, the findings revealed that 560 wives have submitted a divorce case after having being beaten by their spouses, while 400 husbands who filed divorce complaints were being deceived by their wives, who attempted to steal the furniture and run away.

Meanwhile, two percent of the complaints filed were because of disputes relating to the refusal of husbands to fend for their children because of second marriages.

Divorce rates in Egypt are witnessing a noticeable increase compared to marriage rates, according to a report issued on Monday by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

In a February report, it was stated that divorce rates increased by 6.5 percent from December 2016 to December 2017. The number of divorce forms issued in December 2017 were 14,000, compared to 13,000 during the same month of 2016.

Marriage rates witnessed a relative increase as well, but the separation rate was far higher than any other measured by CAPMAS. Marriage rates increased by 4.3 percent in December 2017 compared to the rate measured in December 2016.