WOMEN AND DIVORCE IN PONOROGO, EAST JAVA: Responsibility of The Husband in The Family

Muzakki, M. Harir and Lubis, Ali Akhbar Abaib Mas Rabbani and Imtinah, Anis Hidayatul (2020) WOMEN AND DIVORCE IN PONOROGO, EAST JAVA: Responsibility of The Husband in The Family. Jurnal Madania : Transformasi Islam dan Kebudayaan, 24 (2). pp. 201-212. ISSN 1410-8143 (print) ISSN: 2502-1826 (online)

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Abstract

A divorce is closely related to the absence of the husband’s responsibility in a family. A wife has
no right to propose divorce as long as the husband, as the head of the family, can carry out his obligations
materially and non-materially. This paper tries to reveal why women propose divorce and how wives view their
husbands’ responsibilities as the family’s head. This article results from field research in the Ponorogo District
and uses data derived from interviews with eight female informants who proposed a legal divorce. As the
head of the family, a husband has both material and nonmaterial responsibilities to his wife. This responsibility
is the husband’s obligation to his wife that must be fulfilled. The husband’s material obligations are to provide
a living, which includes feeding, providing shelter, and clothing. Meanwhile, the nonmaterial duties are to
educate, guide, protect, love, and respect. The results of this study indicate that the wives proposed for legal
divorce because their husbands, as to the head of the family, do not carry out their material responsibilities;
that is, they do not fulfill their obligation to provide livings for their wife. Husbands also do not meet their
nonmaterial duties to their wives

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