Divorce in the Qatari Society and Wifaq's (Family Consulting Center) remedial role in 2015

Divorce has become an increasingly threatening phenomenon in the Qatarī society. It reached a towering 56.2% in 2014 and is thus the cause for sustained alarm and worry owing to its dreadful impact on individuals, families and hence the society itself. Moreover, this alarming rise stands in glaring contrast to the goals set by Qatar's National Development Strategy 2011-2016. These goals include building a peaceful, secure and stable society under effective government and family institutions, and developing policies and programmes to promote family cohesion. This field study will be conducted at Wifāq - Family Consulting Center, to which divorce cases are usually transferred from the Family Court to carry out family reforms and to provide family counselling to both parties. The study will try to determine the causes of divorce through interviews conducted with counsellors working to resolve family conflicts and their mode of action to address the divorce cases that are filed. It will end with some recommendations both by the counsellors and the authors to reduce this phenomenon in the Qatarī society.