Perhaps then he would address the problems that she has been speaking of for a number of years. On the contrary, I doubt very much he'd want to. But you would have to step out of a particular mind set to understand this. No offense intended here. We are not dealing with an American man in this situation.
Cultural values are very different around the world.
He is from a middle eastern background, and has a strong emotional reliance on a family unit. He is also aware of the problems, but has no motivation to do anything about them.