Saudi Arabia is in dire need of laws that would safeguard native women’s rights especially in the present scenario where they are being deserted by their ’shauhar’ who generally escape the legal charges.
Women of Saudi Arabia, who are married to either Saudis or foreigners, are having a tough time in their married lives. Their husbands are leaving them all unexpectedly and for no apparently valid reason.
Azza Al Mihdar, a sociologist at King Abdulaziz University says, ‘Losing their husbands and their homes puts them under mental and social pressure as their families consider them a trouble’. Some face financial difficulties and/or are ostracized by their families.
Al Mihdar added,
‘The social solution is that both families and relatives should put pressure on the husband either to live with his family normally or divorce his wife.’
Mohammed Al Ghamdi, head of public relations department at the Ministry of Social Affairs, revealed that generally the ministry receives a large number of cases of abandoned housewives every year.
