Economic Violence against Women and its Impact on Family Disintegration (An analytical study of the opinions of a sample of women in women’s shelter centers - Erbil)

Abstract

This research attempts to investigate the impact of economic violence against women on family disintegration. It is an analytical study of the opinions of women in the women’s shelter - Erbil, considering economic violence as an independent variable (work and profession, salary and sources of income, property and inheritance) represented, as well as family arrangement as a dependent variable represented by dimensions (Domestic violence, divorce, absence of a husband). The main objective of this study is to determine the extent to which economic violence against women affects family disintegration and family conflict and its impact on the societal system in general.

 To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers relied on the descriptive and analytical approach. In the descriptive approach, a selected group of women in the women’s shelter - Erbil was discussed and identified, even though the number of women in the women’s shelter was (47). They were relied upon as data collection tools.

The study reached a number of conclusions, the most prominent of which is that the theoretical relationship between the variable of economic violence as an independent variable and family disintegration as a dependent variable is a direct relationship. Finally, the study recommends establishing training institutions and teaching appropriate economic treatment for new families in the Women’s Control Directorate as a condition for marriage.