Dowries: “Cause of financial difficulties and family breakdown Sudanese’s families”

Australian Dollars and the cow

Australian Dollars and the cow Source: Ajak Deng Chiengkou

In recent years, many families are breaking up due to many things. One of the issues reference is the financial difficulties that are faced by the couple especially the young generation who are now paying thousands of dollars to get a wife. In Australia, the practice of how much is paid is inflated by parents and relatives of the girl who always demanded more than 50,000 Australian dollars from a man. Many of these families start their families with too much debt to be paid to either unsecured loan lenders or other financial institutions. Due to more spending happening, the best way to sustain life becomes harder. On a talkback, three people from Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney expressed their opinion on SBS Dinka



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