Fury at Brazil job seeker pap smears, virginity tests
SAO PAULO: Women seeking education jobs in Brazil's most populous state should not be required to submit to gynaecological exams or prove their virginity, according to women's rights advocates.
The education department of Sao Paulo state requires female prospective teachers to undergo a pap smear to prove they are free of a variety of cancers, or to present a doctor's statement verifying they have not been sexually active.
Until recently, it also required women to have a colposcopy, a type of visual examination used to detect disease.
The department since at least 2012 has required the exams to show that candidates for long-term teaching positions are in good health. Critics, however, have decried it as an invasion of privacy.
More: http://www.smh.com.au/world/fury-at-brazil-job-seeker-pap-smears-virginity-tests-20140809-102959.html
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