Methodically and violently, women's rights were abused during the 36-year civil war that occurred in Guatemala. This conflict resulted in more tan 200.000 lives lost. During this war that ravaged Guatemala, the systematic rapes and slavery of native women at the hands of the military, small children burned alive, and the genocide of an indigenous community are just a few examples of how the dictatorial regime of Efraín Ríos Montt destroyed women's lives.