Three years ago, @ZainabHusainn and I took on the task of investigating the two finger test. The work we produced: https://m.facebook.com/SochVideos/videos/194254094498082/ resulted in a petition being filed against the practice. Today, the practice has been banned. But does that resolve the issue?

The weeks we spent on research were some of the most gruelling. We were spending time with the WMLOs: the women who were legally required to conduct virginity testing on rape victims, their male bosses and ours. Their bosses wanted to use the opportunity for fundraising

Since the facility had no bed, rape victims were examined on this sofa pictured below. And since the MLOs had no access to storage facilities, they used the fridge pictured below to store rape kits. Both were multipurpose - the fridge was also used to store food and drinks -

for the MLO staff, and during one of the later interviews we were invited to have chai and samosas on the sofa used for medical examination. Since the WMLOs also did not have any equipment or lights with which to conduct the examination, they told us that they based 50% of it

on the victim's character. 'Is she sexually activated?', 'Who does she spend time with?', 'What kind of clothes does she wear?', are questions they relayed to us, some of them can be heard in the video shared above.

The WMLOs also didn't have labelling materials for rape kits

And so we were asked for a new bed, labels, lights, equipment, fresh paint, a computer, a cleaning facility. When we went to the big boss - the Executive Director at JPMC - to discuss the possibility of a donation drive, we were told that the facilities were -

in their current state because the WMLOs are 'dirty'. The ED had also gone out of her way to ensure that the police was 'represented' at the meeting. We were told by one of the policemen that the WMLOs are 'corrupt liars' who take money from people to change reports.

When we brought up the issue of their safety - they had described to us how their offices were frequently raided by armed men who would force them to change reports, or how their cars were stopped by armed men while they were on their way to court who physically intimidated

them into changing their reports - that was also pinned down to their characters and their moral 'corruption.' Zainab and I were congratulated for being such socially aware young girls, and asked to distribute sweets in the emergency ward if we wanted to help the cause so much.

We were also chided for being duped by such 'corrupt' women. Bringing up the fact that the WMLOs weren't paid on time or even provided with transport/fuel money to go to court for testimonies which were part of their job description was the last straw, and we were asked to leave.

When we finally showed our footage to our bosses, we were met with an insistence to 'expose' the WMLOs - the easiest targets in their eyes. When we stood our ground and tried to explain how the WMLOs were also victims of the patriarchy, we were dragged into endless debates about

the 'actual' inner workings of the hymen and the vagina. Eventually, we were told to ensure that we included the voices of a i) rich female doctor and ii) a male doctor for purposes of 'legitimacy' in our video. We felt like shit - these were not the videos we wanted to produce.

We had wanted to expose the judges who demanded virginity testing on rape victims as legal evidence in a rape case, the classist executive director at JPMC who refused to provide the WMLOs with a safe working environment, the armed men who would violently force them to

change reports. And even the men who sat atop our own heads, fighting with us over how our vaginas actually worked.

Instead, we put together snippets of WMLOs saying bigoted things that they were trained to say. Our work sparked something, and today the practice has been banned

But reading the judgement, reliving everything I just described above - I couldn't help but question if any of these underlying, structural things will actually change. Even if, as the judgement recommends, the WMLOs are re-trained, and barred from conducting the two finger test

- will they also be trained to not 'investigate' the 'moral standing' of the rape victim's character in order to determine the legitimacy of the violence she has been subjected to? Will the judges who have demanded this practice of the WMLOS be held to account?

Will all the judges who have presided over these cases also be required to undergo some kind of training which forces them to see that the elasticity of someone's vagina, or their 'character' has NOTHING to do with the justice they deserve?

Will the WMLOs be provided with security to ensure that they aren't violently forced to change their reports? Will they have access to safe, clean working spaces? Will rape victims be treated with dignity? Will the evidence so violently gathered from their bodies even be stored?

But most importantly - what of the mindsets which have used and defended the practice, both, within the legal system and outside of it. What are we doing collectively to ensure that it's not just this practice, but the violent, faulty logic it comes from that is held to account?

This not at all to undermine or diminish the importance of the win we are celebrating today. I am so grateful to all the women who have fought this battle for decades, and will continue fighting tomorrow. But for the rest of us, let's not forget that this is the tip of iceberg