"You can report me but how long will they imprison me? One day, two days, a month? Two months? a year? I will come out and kill you”. These were words Malak, 43, heard over and over from her abusive husband even while pregnant.

After thirty years of leading a life without an involved partner, Ghada decided to divorce her husband and did it without difficulty. “No luck, after thirty years of marriage... there was no luck.” Ghada is a mother of four. She took on the responsibility of raising and looking after them on her own. Despite all the challenges, she resisted and endured, and when she decided to get divorced, she was already financially independent.