By: Afraasheem FIT: S10412396

Maldives is a tiny island nation with nearly 1196 islands

with 200 inhabited islands, situated in Indian Ocean. The Maldives is very popular country among tourists nearly 600,000 tourists visits Maldives per year.

DRUG ABUSE IN MADLIVES

There is no available evidence to suggest traditional use of drugs in Maldives

In the Maldives, drug trafficking and drug abuse has risen in recent years largely due to increased exposure to the outside world

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Lack of care & No one to guide them

 Maldives, is labeled as the capital of

divorce In 2005 there were 4,932 marriages and 1,757 divorces. Divorced women and their children are particularly economically vulnerable and divorced women have limited choices to improve their situation apart from remarrying: Maldivian women have on average, four marriages by the time they reach 50 years of age

Why Divorce rate is high in the Maldiives

One reason was the way

What are the Effect of Divorce

negative effects on

in which a man could get a divorce In the Islamic Sharia Another reason for the high divorce rate was the lack of any social stigma on the divorced person

children. They lack love of their parents no one to guide them means they live in streets

 Over crowding in capital city of Maldives

male has increased the rate of homeless people in Maldives. There are lots of families living in one room in male lack of adequate and affordable housing is one of the most pressing problems facing people living in Male and the atolls

One woman, who lives with her family of six in one room, said she and her husband force their children to leave the apartment frequently because they cannot cope with having so many people in such a small space at the same time.
(HRCM reports on Maldives housing crisis, 2011).

 Comparing to other neighboring countries Maldives has fewer social

problems.

However, due to increase of drug abuse and overcrowding in one place

led many social problems in capital male and other islands, such as housing problems and divorce.

All other social problems are also very much related to other social

issues. For example drug abuse may cause gang violent and as a result of over crowding to one place may cause lack of home. This result in increasing the number of people who lives in street, and increase the number of jobless people in that particular community. also will live in streets due to lack of love and care they receive. And the fact there is no one to guide them to the right path.

High rates of divorce led negative effects on children. These children

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