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The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council, is a political and economic union of the Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf and located on or near the Arabian Peninsula, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Jordan and Morocco have been invited to join the council.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council
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Divorce In Gulf Cooperation Council
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Oman Daily Observor:
OMAN HAS LOWEST DIVORCE RATE IN GULF
STATES - FIRST OMAN STATISTICAL STUDY ON DIVORCE UNDERWAY
MUSCAT
— Oman has the lowest divorce rates as compared to other countries in the Gulf
region, according to Dr Auhoud bint Said al Bulushi, Head of Research and
Studies at Sultan Qaboos University’s Omani Studies Centre. “Divorce is a
complicated social issue as it entails impacts not only to the individuals
involved, rather it affects society as a whole. To some, divorce is a solution,
while to others, it’s the beginning of a series of problems and complications.
“It’s clear that the Omani society has been through rapid transformations in the past decades, which have affected the Omani family and social roles played by its members. These changes could have a negative impact on the stability of the Omani family,” Dr Auhoud said. The Gulf countries have witnessed a steady increase in divorce levels among their nationals. Kuwait shows the highest percentage (of total divorces rates as a percentage of marriages) at 37.13 per cent (2007) followed by Qatar at 34.76 per cent.
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are 25.62 per cent and 24.05 per cent respectively while in Saudi Arabia it is 20 per cent. The divorce rate in Oman is 1.99 per cent as indicated by 2010 census which is slightly lower than the 2.2 per cent shown in the 2003 census. However, according to Dr Auhoud, there is a scarcity of statistical data and information with regard to divorce in Oman apart from small scale studies concentrating on specific issues in divorce. The current study is considered the first-of-its-kind in the Sultanate as it covers the whole country. This study is conducted by a team led by Dr Auhoud.
The group includes professors from the Department of Sociology at the College of Arts and Social Sciences and from the Department of Psychology at the College of Education as well as professors from the Statistics Department at the College of Science. The study will investigate the causes of divorce in Omani society, the impact of divorce on the parties involved, and ways to overcome issues that could lead to divorce. In order to do this, the research team is collaborating with the Ministry of Social Development in collecting data from different wilayats in Oman.
The study covers the 11 governorates in the Sultanate. One wilayat from each governorate has been selected randomly. A sample of divorcees — both males and females — (600 in all) will also be selected at random.
The study utilises both the quantitative and qualitative research approaches to collect and analyse data. Training of data collection teams has already taken place.
The team has also collected information about divorcee population in each of the wilayats involved in the study in order to select the sample.
Field study and data collection will hopefully start in October 2012. The study is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013 and its results could prove helpful to decision makers as well as social researchers and the public.