If you must be a police woman in Indonesia, you must maintain your virginity or you forget ever being a police woman, but what does it have to do in the battlefield? how is virginity useful in wars or peace keeping?A research we need to know the result.
Is this not indirect violations of privacy ?
Female aspiring police officers in Indonesia are being forced to undergo 'virgin tests', a human rights organization reports. CONTINUE READING...
Following
a recruitment drive earlier this year, 7,000 women are currently
undergoing training in Indonesia, after fulfilling a number of criteria.
In
order to become a policewoman, a candidate must be aged 17.5-22 years,
follow a religion, be at least 5ft5in, not need glasses and be a
virgin.
'The Indonesian National Police's use of virginity tests is
a discriminatory practice that harms and humiliates women,'
said Nisha Varia, associate women's rights director at HRW.
A spokesman for the national police confirmed virginity
tests.
'There is a complete health test for both female and male
candidates including checking reproductive organs and the
virginity test for women will be a part of that routine,' said
Ronny Sompie.
One candidate, who had undergone the test and asked to
remain anonymous, said she agreed with it in principle.
'I don't have a problem with the test...but the way in which
it was conducted, with many people in one room, violated our
privacy,' she said.
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