Socio-economic Factors Behind Remarriage of Women

Abstract

Marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman such that children born to the woman are the recognized legitimate off springs of the both partners. Marriage is considered as a sacred bond and yet in order to get married one has to pass many obstacles. If circumstances led towards the annulment of the marriage, remarriage seems a distant reality. Remarriage is a marriage that takes place after a previous marital union has ended as through divorce or widowhood. Remarriage is considered a compromise especially for woman in a society like of Pir-Ghani village district Pakpattan. The purpose of the research is to investigate the underlying cause that create hurdles in remarriage and it also tries to find out why it is such a compromising even if it is not prohibited by the religion. The research also investigates the impact of female remarriage on their children. The majority of the population practices in Sunni sect of Islam. Contrary to the prevalent notions, Islam encourages remarriage because it helps to fulfil the basic human needs such as psychological, social and biological needs. The following research is about the females of Pir-Ghani who have remarried. Those female who have remarried in their lifetime have to face social pressure especially from their relatives and friends alike which definitely affect their social and psychological lives. This research investigates the perception, reasons, customs and impediments of remarriages through anthropological research tools such as observation, in-depth interviews and focus group discussion. As this was ethnographic research so researcher had spent most of her time with those females who had remarried.