Indonesia still performs ‘virginity tests’ on female police job applicants. ------ The requirement for undergoing the test is posted on Indonesia national police’s official website. Indonesia’s practice of subjecting would-be female police officers to ‘virginity tests’ is “discriminatory and a form of gender-based violence,” that has to be stopped, Human Rights Watch says. “Police authorities in Jakarta need to immediately and unequivocally abolish the test, and then make certain that all police recruiting stations nationwide stop administering it,” Nisha Varia, associate women’s rights director at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement released on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch has also documented the practice of virginity tests for policewomen in other countries including Egypt, India and Afghanistan. Last year, some education officials in Indonesia proposed that virginity tests be introduced for teenage schoolgirls, causing an uproar.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 04:14:09 +0000
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