Guatemalan legislation gave priority to preserving the family unit rather than to deal with the problem of violence against women, and there were no State-run shelters for victims.
危地马拉的法律优先重视维持家庭的稳定，而不是注重于对妇女的暴力的问题，因此，并没有国家开办的接待受害者的庇护所。