narrator: but from the first day maria elsa moved in with him, her life became a nightmare. maria: when he took me home, he locked me up and beat me. he beat me with broomsticks and threatened me with knives. he hurt my neck with a cord. sometimes, i'd cry. i'd cry because i was locked up, and i couldn't do a thing about it. i had sex with him so he wouldn't beat me. he hit me really hard. i wanted him to stop. narrator: many girls and women in guatemala share maria elsa's fate. the sisters at the barbara ford peace center try to help rape victims. some of these girls are only 10 years old. the official number of rapes in guatemala is 10,000 a year, but doctors without borders says the number of unreported cases is far higher. women and girls are mostly raped by close relatives, neighbors, and boyfriends. sister searing: when i think of how young girls, young women here in this country, especially in quichÉ, i could cry, i think i could cry now. when you think how, really, they are treated like animals. narrator: sister virginia searing blames the prevalence of sexual abuse i

narrator: maria elsa suffered months of abuse. then she found out she was pregnant. aria: when i was pregnantnt wih my baby girl, i worrieied the most. he kicked me repeatedly in the stomach. narrator: when maria elsl's fafather found out she was b beg abused, he came and brought her back home. many rape victims become pregnant. 1/4 of all children in guatemala are born to a teenage mother. ththe staff at santa elena national hospital in quichÉ are alarmed. salomon:n: we are very concecerd at the extent of pregnanancy amg underaged girls. nanaator: maria elsa went to the police, but so far they've done nothing. narrator: violence against women -- it's widespread in india, too. what can be done to combat it? indian society needs a new mindset. it needs to question clichÉs. it's a herculean task for the whole of society. narrator: the chandannagar slum on the outskirts of pune in india. 16-year-old amol kasbe grew up here. recently he's learned to see the district through a different lens. amol: many men here drink and gamble. they abuse women. domestic violence is comm

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