Le divorce en Tunisie : faits et causes-a partir de quelques indices statistiques et quelques données empiriques

Abstract EN

The present work is divided in to three parts: the first deals with a theoretical approach appropriate to the topic being studied; the second deals the quantitative approach of the phenomenon of divorce in Tunisia; finally, the third part tries to analyze the causes of divorce based on the empirical work that has been carried out previously.

In fact, relying on official statistics covering the last half- century (1960-2011), it has been found that, contrary to partisan tendentious rhetoric, divorce in Tunisia is not merely a default magnification of some worried quarters.

Rather, Its rate is much less rapid than before and than elsewhere, though the initiative to divorce is still male-dominated.

This situation might be in the benefit of women; also, the divorce affects all categories of women apart to their disparity statutory and their geographical en locality.

in addition, the ethological analysis showed that the divorce reveals a deep tension within the couple.

The origins of this tension are very complicated, Linked, on the one hand, to the global context in which the couple is located and, on the other hand, to deeper factors prior to marriage (such as: life of childhood, choice of the spouse, age and maturity of the young couple, duration of engagement, etc…).

That’s stated, divorce, like the marriage, two different sides of the same problematic: the evolution of the relationship between men and women is in permanent change in the cultural, social and economic context.