Institutions grounded in sense and equality would never use ghastly procedure.

The comments, as soon as they made the rounds, were met with swift condemnation: Rapper T.I. says he takes his daughter to the gynecologist after each birthday to determine if she's a virgin.

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The Indonesian Army will no longer conduct "virginity tests" on female cadets, the army's chief of staff said Wednesday. The test, which the World Health Organization determined has "no scientific ...

Early this year, courts in Pakistan pushed to outlaw virginity tests. Activists hope the country will join the growing list of nations abolishing the invasive practice. However, the U.S. is still ...

Indonesia's top military commander defended a requirement that female recruits undergo an invasive "virginity test" to determine whether they are morally suited for the armed forces. His remarks ...

It’s not every day that a second-year art school project makes headlines. But in October 2013, the press got wind of one Central Saint Martins student’s plan for a new performance piece, titled Art ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Following criticism from women’s and human rights organizations and his own political party, Turkey’s health minister denied Thursday that he authorized virginity tests for high ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. A military court today acquitted an Egyptian Army doctor accused of performing forced “virginity tests” on at least ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Human rights ...