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 Women’s Divorce rights in Kuwait 

Kuwait is a small country in the middle east, which happens to be primarily Muslim. Also, it is home to many different backgrounds and ethnicities, but they all live under the Islamic rules that the country is ran on. Women’s rights have grown ever since the year 1960, rights going from running for Parliament, to holding your own passport, to being able to travel without a male supervisor. There has been a growth in recent year in divorce in Kuwait, and thanks to the just legal system of the country, the women are fully protected under the law. (Al Mughni, 2005)

 Legal background: 

Moudhy Al Mousa is a lawyer that specializes in domestic divorce. She explains the legal procedures that a woman needs to follow if they want to legally get separated from her husband. She states that there are two kinds of divorce: revocable, and irrevocable. Revocable meaning the divorce could be cancelled or called off before the completion of Iddaa, and irrevocable means the divorce is annulled immediately. Iddaa is the period a woman must wait to complete the divorce, which gives the couple a chance to reconcile and cancel the split, if the divorce is revocable. This also gives the husband the right over his wife if the divorce was filed during her pregnancy. ( Al Mousa, 2015)

 Divorce Rate: 

The divorce rate, for both locals and expats, has seen an unfortunate increase over the last couple of years. There have been instances of expats filing for divorce in Kuwait, and based on their religion, they will be following the domestic rules for expats. There has been an instant where an African woman called Sylvia Thomas spent a lot of money and effort to bring her husband to Kuwait but due to ongoing problems between the couple she filed for divorce, but her love for him caused her to worry because she knew he could get in big trouble and could even get deported, especially for being a non-Kuwaiti citizen. Between the years 2020-2021, the country has seen a tremendous growth in divorce and marriage rate. There was a 28.9% increase in the marriage rate and a 13% increase in divorce rate. The divorce rate has increased mainly due to the domestic violence law. The ministry of justice has shown recently that it is the leading cause of separation, more so that lack of commitment and financial issues. (Mousa, 2022)