April 9, 2008 the Guatemalan Congress
passed the Law against Femicide and other Forms of Violence against
Women (Decree 22-2008), that aims to severely punish any kind of gender-based violence, guaranteeing the life, freedom, integrity, dignity and
equality of all women, in the private or public sphere, promoting and
implementing strategies to prevent and eradicate femicide and any kind
of physical, psychological, sexual or economic violence against women.