The Stages of Divorce and Difficulties Experienced by Divorced Women: An Esenler SHM Example

The study employed qualitative research methods to study the experiences of 14 women who received assistance from the Esenler Social Service Center Social and Economic Support Unit (SED) while they underwent a divorce. This essay also explores problems that the women experienced afterwards and the various causes and effects of these problems. A phenomenological research approach was adopted in order to encourage participants to describe the phenomenon as they experienced it. By doing so, this study was able to accurately describe the structure of the phenomenon. According to our analysis of data collected through in-depth interviews, we identified three main topics: the marriage process, divorce process, and post-divorce process. These categories were further divided into subthemes. The research results demonstrate that the majority of divorced women were subjected to violence by their spouses. However, the women postponed divorce because they were unaware of their rights or did not want to negatively affect their children. However, when women decided to get divorced, their families and acquaintances reacted with overwhelmingly negative reactions, which affected the women. Our results also showed that women sometimes hid their divorces from others due to societal pressure. In summary, our study shows that divorce can place various social, economic, psychological, and cultural pressures on women, which can cause them to become unhappy.