Women seeks divorce because of the husband’s jealousy, cheating, dowry issues, drugs and Facebook addiction, impotence, bad temper, and emigration. According to a local newspaper, Prothom Alo, there is one divorce every hour in Dhaka, and cheating is one of the main causes.Īccording to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the divorce rate jumped 34% in the capital in the past seven years, with a total of 50,000 divorce cases filed.

Faith and trust are fundamental in a couple.”Ĭheating is not only a problem in the Catholic community, but affects the country as a whole. Children suffer a lot from their parents' betrayal. Given the changes, “it is necessary for couples to prepare themselves (for marriage responsibilities) with appropriate courses. 'In the past, society was dominated by men, but now women are entering the workforce and expect husbands to help them with household chores.'

“If children see that husband and wife are bound by mutual respect, they will do the same and will not look for relationships outside of marriage.'īangladesh is a country in which social norms are evolving, the Catholic leader notes. “Love and respect must be at the base of marriage,” she explains. The victim leaves an eight-month daughter.Īccording to Prova Rozario, secretary of the Family Commission of the Archdiocese of Dhaka, the most common reason for cheating 'is the lack of ties between husband and wife.” At present, her husband and father-in-law are on the run, whilst her mother-in-law, Phelomina Dipty Gomes, 48, was arrested by police. The marriage started to sour when she discovered that he husband was having an affair with an uncle's wife. Originally from Nagori, where she attended the local parish, she moved to Gazipur, near Dhaka, after her wedding in the church of Kawyachala. Jennyfar got married in 2017 in an arranged marriage. By contrast, in Jennyfar’s case, hundreds of people have protested. Usually the victims’ families do not even go to the police and the cases are ignored, like the one that occurred last year in the Archdiocese of Dhaka, involving another young bride. Jennyfar’s story is not uncommon among young Bangladeshi Catholics, so much so that extramarital relations have become an important concern for the local Church. Yesterday the autopsy confirmed that her husband, Human Christopher Hemal Gomes, 31, killed her, stabbing her eight times. For this reason, she wanted to leave him, but she was killed before she could get back to her family. Dhaka (AsiaNews) – Jennyfar Maria Gomes, a 26-year-old Catholic woman, had discovered that her husband was having an affair.

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