The Indonesian Army ended the “virginity tests” on female cadets which the World Health Organization determined has “no scientific merit or clinical indication,” involves someone placing their fingers into a cadet’s vagina to supposedly assess whether they have had sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The use of virginity tests by Indonesian security forces was first exposed by Human Rights Watch in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to its investigation, virginity tests have been imposed on thousands of female applicants since 1965, despite the National Police principles that recruitment must be both \u201cnondiscriminatory\u201d and \u201chumane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Virginity testing\u2013also known as hymen, \u201ctwo-finger\u201d or vaginal examination\u2013is an inspection of the female genitalia to ascertain whether a woman or girl has engaged in vaginal intercourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group of United Nations agencies, in a joint statement issued in 2018, called for scrapping of tests meant to assess the virginity of a girl or a woman, describing the practice as a form of gender-based violence and a human rights violation with no scientific basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no known examination that can prove a person\u2019s history of vaginal intercourse. The practice can cause both immediate and long-term consequences that may be harmful to the physical and psychological well-being of a woman subjected to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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