NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in New Delhi said on Monday they would ban doctors from conducting an archaic and degrading test during the forensic examinations of rape victims, ...

The India Supreme Court Monday declared that performing the “two-finger” or “three-finger” vaginal test on victims of rape or sexual assault will be classed as misconduct. Also dubbed the “virginity” ...

(CNN)Last week the British government added a clause to its Health and Care Bill that would make hymenoplasty -- or "virginity repair" surgery -- illegal in England and Wales. In November 2021, ...

While India has promised swift justice in the case of the woman who died Saturday after a brutal gang rape, human-rights groups say the problem is much thornier than punishing the six men accused in ...

Female military applicants in Indonesia are subjected to virginity tests - including the discredited "two finger test" to determine if the hymen is intact - in order to recruit the "best people" to ...