Locked in Abuse: The Devastating Impact of the Philippines' Divorce Ban on Women
As the only country besides Vatican City to ban divorce, the Philippines leaves women to fight for survival within broken homes.
Warning: This story contains graphic details of domestic violence.
Michelle Bulang still bears the faint scars from the 13 stitches in her scalp where she says her husband hit her and the burn marks on her back and legs from the time he poured boiling water all over her.
The walls of her home are pockmarked with holes from the times her husband had come h…