واقع المرأة السعودية المطلقة و الصعوبات التي تواجهها : دراسة على المطلقات المستفيدات من جمعية مودة النسائية الخيرية بمدينة الرياض

Abstract EN

This study tackles the reality of divorced Saudi women and the most prominent social and psychological difficulties they face, given that the divorce phenomenon is still in constant exacerbation and its outcomes are serious, especially for a woman and her children.

This descriptive study came after employing the case study method in which the researcher used a random sample to choose the items of the study sample form the lists of divorced women who are benefited from the Mawaddah Charity Association in Riyadh, which numbered 41 divorced women.

The researcher relied on collecting the study data on the records of divorced women, open interviews, and phone calls with them, and the results she reached include the following: The reality of a divorced Saudi woman indicates, among other things, a decrease of the level of her monthly income and the level of her education.

The divorced woman also faces social difficulties such as family and social incompatibility.

As for the psychological difficulties, they are such as anxiety, disturbance, and alienation.

Key words: divorced Saudi woman - divorce - Mawaddah Women's Charity Association- reality - difficulties