Women are being forced to undergo virginity tests when seeking education jobs in Brazil's most populous state.
Prospective education employees in the state of Sao Paulo are required to undergo a pap smear to prove they free of cancers or to present a doctor's certificate verifying they are not sexually active.
Women's rights campaign groups have denounced the practice as a gross violation of women's privacy and their human dignity.
Until recently the education department also required women to have a colposcopy - a type of gynecological examination used to detect disease.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2720267/Anger-Brazil-obstetrics-tests-jobseekers.html
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