Indonesian policewoman test found to be rather strict

Women who want to join Indonesia’s national police force are forced to have “virginity tests”, a human rights group has found.

The “two-finger test” involves a medical expert putting two fingers into a woman’s vagina to determine whether her hymen is still intact.

Policewomen have said they’ve raised the issue with senior police officials, who have at times claimed that the practice has been discounted, but Human Rights Watch has found it is still ongoing.

It is also listed as a requirement for female applicants on the official police recruitment website, which states that “in addition to the medical and physical tests, women who want to be policewomen must also undergo virginity tests. So all women who want to become policewomen should keep their virginity”. Married women are not eligible for the job.