When Cassandra Corrado, 27, remembers lying back on a medical examination table with her feet in stirrups and legs wide open for a pelvic exam with her family doctor at the age of 15, she can still ...

In a new report, international agencies are calling for an elimination of virginity tests, stating that they’re medically unnecessary and a violation of the human rights of girls and women. The report ...

I was 15 years old when I sat across from my mom at our kitchen table, fidgeted with my nails, and said I’d like to go on birth control. I shouldn’t have been as nervous as I was — from when I was 12 ...

(AP) CAIRO - Hundreds of Egyptian activists rallied in Cairo on Friday, lambasting a recent military tribunal ruling that cleared a military doctor of charges he forced a "virginity test" on female ...

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 ...

Bangkok, Nov 18 (EFE).Bangkok, Nov 18 (EFE). — Human Rights Watch, HRW, on Tuesday criticized virginity examinations, known as the “twofinger test,” conducted by Indonesian authorities on female ...

The “two finger” test by which so-called healthcare providers around the world still perform “virginity tests” is degrading, has “no scientific validity” and should be treated as a violation of a ...

Virginity tests are making headlines in the United States. In November, the rapper T.I. drew a firestorm of criticism after he said during a podcast interview that he requires his 18-year-old daughter ...

The Indonesian police continue to use a “degrading” invasive physical test to check for female recruits virginity, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has claimed. A manual examination is used to ...

Bangkok, Nov 20 (EFE).Bangkok, Nov 20 (EFE). — The Indonesian National Police on Thursday confirmed carrying out virginity tests on female recruits to proove their physical and moral strength, a test ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 — The Indonesian police ...