Female applicants to the Indonesian military must pass a "two-finger" virginity test, a practice that has drawn condemnation from human rights groups.
Indonesia’s coordinating minister for politics, law, and security Tedjo Edh confirmed the practice to CNN last year.
The test involves physicians placing two fingers inside an applicant to ensure their hymen is intact.
Human Rights Watch have asked military physicians attending a conference in Bali to urge Indonesian President Joko Widodo to abolish the practice.
Human Rights Watch women’s rights advocacy director Nisha Varia described the practice as humiliating.
“The Indonesian armed forces should recognise that harmful and humiliating ‘virginity tests’ on women recruits does nothing to strengthen national security,” she said.
“President Joko Widodo should set the military straight and immediately abolish the requirement and prevent all military hospitals from administering it.”
Indonesia must be getting mighty sick of foreign govermnents and organisations telling them how to run their country.
