'Rein in your heart': I.Coast women trapped by divorce tabooIvory Coast has a low divorce rate, with the fear of social disapproval weighing on many women. Yet she cannot bring herself to divorce him for fear of social disapproval in Ivory Coast. Like other countries in Africa, Ivory Coast has a low divorce rate, with only 1,835 divorce petitions for 30,912 marriages in 2024, according to official figures. As long as a woman's "life is not in danger", women rarely divorce and "prefer to stay... just to keep up appearances", she said. Women don't have confidence in themselves... it's this lack of confidence that makes people afraid of divorce," she said.

Source: Bangkok Post March 16, 2026 09:58 UTC