Read more Family and domestic violence support services: 'President Duterte is against divorce'Īdvocates say the Christian church in Australia is not just failing to sufficiently address domestic violence, but is enabling and concealing it. Nearly 90 per cent of the Philippines' population identify themselves as Catholic - and the bill has now become a struggle between the majority conservative ideals and the progressive wings of parliament. The bill would allow the court to dissolve marriages which are considered "irremediably broken" and for individuals to remarry a person of the opposite sex.
While the Philippines is one of two countries left in the world where divorce is illegal - the other being Vatican City - the country is making moves towards its legalisation.Ī divorce bill was passed in the country's Lower House of Congress this March, despite opposition from President Rodrigo Duterte, who also had a failed marriage. "While most girls were celebrating their introduction to society, I was already experiencing snippets of manipulation and control that I mistook for love," she said. Ms Gallardo-Marcelo, who married her former husband at a young age, she said she unwittingly became a victim. Ms Gallardo-Marcello said she suffered domestic violence for 24 years before getting her marriage annulled.
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