Baghdad has the most divorce cases among Iraqi governorates

During the past decade, Iraq has been witnessing an increase in divorce cases so social groups and organizations decided to nip this in the bud and request local authorities to find solutions that would reduce the divorce rate.

Experts and specialists in the field of social psychology attributed the increase in divorce cases to poverty, unemployment and parents forcing their sons to marry at a young age.

Statistical data comprising 16 appeal courts indicated that Baghdad has the most divorce cases reaching 2390 cases in the last month alone. Marriages last January reached 26000 and Baghdad had the highest number as well with 6329 marriages.