Thursday, 22. August 2013
Topic: POLITIK - on August 22, 2013 at 2:43:00 PM CEST
Female students in Indonesia may be forced to undergo 'virginity tests'
Indonesia's education chief Muhammad Rasyid has drafted plans to 'protect children from prostitution and free sex'
A plan to make female high school students undergo mandatory virginity tests has been met with outrage from activists, who argue that it discriminates against women and violates their human rights.
Education chief Muhammad Rasyid, of Prabumulih district in south Sumatra put forward the idea, describing it as "an accurate way to protect children from prostitution and free sex". He said he would use the city budget to begin tests early next year if MPs approved the proposal.
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