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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