“The Indonesian National Police’s use of ‘virginity tests’ is a discriminatory practice that harms and humiliates women. 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
The Indonesian goverment has now ordered to check all female application for "virginity" test, Human Right watch have said. A manual examination is being used to check for an intact hymen for the female applicants, the report tells.
According to the report, it is a long standing part of a medical check womens much undergo before they are accepted onto the service.
The Indonesian National Police website lists the requriments for female apllications and virginity is one of it.
Before being recruited, female police must keep their virginity until then and married women are not able to apply in the public police force.
'Discriminatory, cruel, degrading
HRW has said taht they interviewed several femalre officers and recruit as well as a medical staff. Recruits tell HRW that they had undergone a painful and traumatic test.
One recruit interviewed by HRW for the report said: "Entering the virginity test examination room was really upsetting. I feared that after they performed the test I would not be a virgin anymore. It really hurt. My friend even fainted because... it really hurt, really hurt."
HRW called the test "subjective and unscientific."
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