Indonesian authorities have been urged to cease the “invasive ” and “discriminatory” practice of “virginity tests” for female recruits and fiancées of military officers in the country’s armed forces.
International military physicians are set to gather in Bali, Indonesia on May 17-22, 2015, to urge the country’s president, Joko Widodo, to stop the practice, according to Human Rights Watch. “The Indonesian armed forces should recognize that harmful and humiliating ‘virginity tests’ on women recruits does nothing to strengthen national security,” Nisha Varia, women’s rights advocacy director at the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM), said.
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INC News, 14/05/2015 - via RT
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