Living after divorce in Rwanda. psycho-social challenges faced by spouses and children

Abstract

This research consisted on analyzing the psycho-social challenges faced by spouses and children in Rwanda after divorce. It aimed to compare, enumerate, analyze and to propose relevant solutions to overcome those psycho-social challenges. The research was conducted in four districts of Rwanda, two being in urban and two others in rural. Tools for data collection, questionnaires and interview were used. Women equal to 98% pointed out that society and relatives are the most psycho-social challenge among others. To overcome psycho-social challenges, results have shown that the high percentage equal to 48% of women find reconciliation with the ex husband as the best solutions. The most challenge faced by men was loneliness and distress equal to 25% each, and wished to remarry in order to be stable, whereas many children answered distress at 50% as the most psycho-social challenge they face and 90% of them wished their parents to reconcile. Children finally are the most to suffer from psycho-social challenges followed by women. As our task was limited on psycho-social challenges after divorce, researchers in the same domain were finally implored to conduct a comparative study to the life of couple in high quarrels before and the one after separation with objective to see the worst life between the two periods. This research would help couples to think deeply on either tolerating the marital life or separating legally.