andrzej dominiczak: one problem is that no one is interested -- neither the courts nor the prosecutorsns. no one is interested except for a few feminist organizations. reporter: the women can stay in the shelter for a maximum of six months. but where can they go then? at least there are a growing number of such facilities in warsaw. the situation in small towns and the countryside is harder. women who have been abused by family members come up against tradition, religion, outmoded gender roles. like asia. her daughter discovered the women's shelter on the internet. before that asia had repeatedly returned to her violent husband. she had nowhere else to go. now she has hope of a better life. this heart -- made by her grandchildren -- and the virgin mary give her courage. asia: i was like a slave for him. clean this. sweep that. he'd insult me, and if i didn't respond, he'd yell, "can't you say anything?" and if i objected, he'd beat me. when i came here i was black and blue all over. reporter: did you come here directly from the village? asia: yes, and that made it harder to run away. t

andrzej dominiczak: one problem is that no one is interested -- neither the courts nor the prosecutorss. no one is interested except for a few feminist organizations. reporter: the women can stay in the shelter for a maximum of six months. but where can they go then? at least there are a growing number of such facilities in warsaw. the situation in small towns and the countryside is harder. women who have been abused by family members come up against tradition, religion, outmoded gender roles. like asia. her daughter discovered the women's shelter on the internet. before that asia had repeatedly returned to her violent husband. she had nowhere else to go. now she has hope of a better life. this heart -- made by her grandchildren -- and the virgin mary give her courage. asia: i was like a slave for him. clean this. sweep that. he'd insult me, and if i didn't respond, he'd yell, "can't you say anything?" and if i objected, he'd beat me. when i came here i was black and blue all over. reporter: did you come here directly from the village? asia: yes, and that made it harder to run away. th