Article ID: CBB610278467

India, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and the 1979 Virginity Testing Scandal (2024)

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This article looks at India’s complaint at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in 1979 about the ‘virginity test’ performed on a migrant Indian woman at Heathrow. It examines the use of arguments about race and racial discrimination by India to compel Britain to discuss immigration on a bilateral basis. The article argues that the pivot to a race-based argument was deliberately patriarchal and India’s main concern in these negotiations was the impending British Nationality Act of 1981, which would prevent men from moving to Britain in search of an overseas wife. Using the virginity testing scandal, the article re-examines the changing role of discourses about race in postcolonial institutions of global governance.

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Authors & Contributors
Aguilar, Filomeno V., Jr.
Andersen, Stephen O.
Bashford, Alison
Beattie, James
Bivins, Roberta E.
Carter, Jimmy
Journals
Cold War History
Gender and History
Health and History
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
History and Technology
Journal of Asian Studies
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press
Oxford University Press
Earthscan
Harvard University Press
Ohio State University Press
Springer International
Concepts
Race
Emigration; immigration
Public health
International relations
Cold War
Colonialism
People
McNamara, Robert Strange
Foege, William H.
Salk, Jonas Edward
Silow, Ronald Alfred
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
19th century
Places
Africa
India
Europe
Great Britain
Philippines
Australia
Institutions
United Nations
UNESCO
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Bank
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Rockefeller Foundation
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