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 ...

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 ...

Ahmed Adel was cleared of conducting the test on Samira Ibrahim, who brought the case against him, after the judge found the witness statements to be "contradictory", the official MENA news agency ...

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 ...

CAIRO (AP) – An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in ...

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 ...

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Charities have seen a rise in people reaching out after experiencing virginity testing. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has released a statement in support of the government’s ...

From behind the privacy curtain, a doctor is telling Sophia* to take off her knickers and trousers. She obliges while taking great shaking sobs. Trembling, she lies down and opens her legs. The doctor ...

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) ...