Sarina: Proving ‘Purity’

You will be able toHow should a professional respond when forced marriage, virginity testing and family pressure intersect?

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Case opening

What do you know?

Sarina describes being taken to a clinic where a doctor said he would check whether she was ‘pure’. She says she begged him to stop and was then told surgery could make her ‘pure again’ and a certificate could be provided to a groom’s family.

First decision

Choose and justify before opening the debrief.

Treat the account as automatically proving every legal elementSeparate what Sarina reports from inference; identify immediate support and safeguarding needs and check the applicable lawContact the clinic for its explanation before safeguarding actionAsk her family whether the procedure was agreed

Choose the reason that best supports your decision.It prioritises immediate safety, evidence and role boundaries without unsafe family contact.It produces the fastest final conclusion, even if evidence is incomplete.It transfers responsibility to family or community members.

Optional reflection: what is known, reported, inferred, assumed or unknown? Free text is not used to unlock the debrief.

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