Ending virginity testing in Indonesian military is not enough: Jakarta Post : vimarsana.com

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Even though the decades-long virginity testing for prospective female recruits and soldiers’ fiancées is no longer in practice in the Indonesian Military (TNI), a thorough review and amendment of the law concerning administrative discretion is urgently needed to make sure such gender-based discriminatory practices have no place in the country.

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