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“If you are married in the Philippines, there is no way to get out of this marriage until your death.”
Divorce remains illegal for most people in the Philippines – which makes it the only country in addition to the city of the Vatican where it is prohibited. Without legal path, activists say that women are often forced to stay in abusive or unwanted marriages.
In this episode of Now you know, we speak with Cindy Diaz. The mother of three has been separated from her husband who has been violating for more than a decade and fights to make the divorce legal. We also hear the legal expert Clara Padilla, who weighs if possible.
