{"id":33320,"date":"2018-03-29T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=33320"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:13:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:13:58","slug":"women-file-nearly-three-quarters-of-divorce-cases-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/women-file-nearly-three-quarters-of-divorce-cases-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Women file nearly three-quarters of divorce cases in China"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Chinese women filed over 70 per cent of divorce lawsuits last year and domestic violence was one of the most cited reasons, according to official statistics.<\/p>\n

Most of the 1.4 million divorce lawsuits filed involved couples about three years into marriage, a report by the Supreme People\u2019s Court shows.<\/p>\n

Women filed 73 per cent of the cases, the report said.<\/p>\n

Over 77 per cent of the lawsuits cited incompatibility as the major reason, while 15 per cent cited domestic violence, including physical and verbal abuse.<\/p>\n

Why millions of Chinese people are filing for divorce every year<\/a><\/p>\n

The southern provinces of Guangdong and Guizhou and the Guangxi region were at the top of list for the number of abuse cases reported, said the report, which was released last Friday.<\/p>\n

Divorce, once seen as a social taboo in China, has become increasingly accepted by the public.<\/p>\n

The divorce rate has steadily risen over the past few years, accounting for three per cent of the population in 2016 up from two per cent six years ago, according to latest statistics from China\u2019s Ministry of Civil Affairs.<\/p>\n

A total of 4.2 million couples divorced in 2016, jumping by 8.3 per cent from the previous year.<\/p>\n

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