The Indonesian army has ended its "two-finger" virginity test for female recruits, after they were branded "degrading, discriminatory, and traumatic." Andika Perkasa, the Indonesian army chief of ...

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 ...

The Lahore High Court on Monday issued a ruling declaring the use of the “two finger test and hymen examination” to determine the virginity of a female victim of rape or sexual abuse to be ...

JAKARTA, IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Human rights groups welcomed Indonesia’s decision to stop abusive “virginity tests” on female army recruits seven years after the World Health Organization ...

Female members of Indonesian Army practice martial arts skills. A policy change recently reversed an archaic policy for female recruits. (Tatan Syuflana/AP) Good news for female soldiers interested in ...

People visit a market after the government relaxed the weeks-long lockdown that was enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry) ...

KARACHI, Feb 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is two months since Shazia underwent a so-called virginity test during a rape examination at a Karachi hospital, but the Pakistani teenager is still ...

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.

In a world where a hook-up can be equivalent to a handshake and sex-positive influencers dominate social media, you’d be forgiven for thinking the concept of virginity still mattered to anyone. But ...