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Women Around the Globe Face Threats to Human Rights by Dawn Corbett, Internet/Communications Intern Women under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan cannot leave their homes without a related male escort and they must wear a burqa at all times in public. Aghan women have been injured due to limited visibility while wearing the garment and many have been beaten for not being properly covered. Photo by S. Lyon, AP/World Wide Photos. Women are increasingly under attack in Afghanistan, Iran and Indonesia, facing draconian restrictions and systematic violence. "Women around the globe are living under oppressive conditions most of us can only imagine in our worst nightmares," said Vice President Membership Karen Johnson. Houston Area NOW activists outside Unocal offices in Sugar Land, Texas, protesting the corporation's plans to build a pipeline in Afghanistan that will bring millions of dollars to the Taliban. Women Denied Basic Rights in Afghanistan Unocal, a U.S. You can help end the oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan.