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Virginity tests for immigrants

Title
Virginity tests for immigrants
Genre
Interview
TX Date
Feb 1979
Year of production
1979
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Duration
00:02:48
Description
Interview with Ian Martin, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, on controversy over Asian women being subject to virginity tests when they arrived in the UK to join their partners.
Contributors
Ian Martin
Keywords
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants; Immigration; Gynaecology; Immigrants; Women; Asian peoples

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