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13-Year-Old Asked To Submit "Virginity Test" By School, Case Filed
Police lodged an FIR against a school-cum-madrassa here based on a man's complaint that her 13-year-old daughter was asked to submit a "virginity test" report for admission into the institute.
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Woman Can't Be Forced To Take Virginity Test, Violates Right To Dignity: Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that a woman cannot be forced to undergo a virginity test which violates Article 21 of the Constitution that guarantees her fundamental right to protection of life and liberty, including the right to dignity.
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'Virginity Test' Unscientific, Inhuman: Top Medical Body Amends Curriculum
The National Medical Commission on Thursday issued revised guidelines for its competency-based medical education curriculum, removing sodomy and lesbianism as "unnatural sexual offences".
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Pak Doctor Fired For Performing Two-Finger Test On 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
A woman doctor was dismissed from service in Pakistan's Punjab province for conducting a virginity test on a minor rape victim despite a ban on the practice.
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"Virginity Test Sexist, Unconstitutional, And Inhuman": Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled that conducting a "virginity test" on a female accused is unconstitutional, sexist and in violation of the right to dignity.
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Rajasthan Woman "Fails Virginity Test", Family Asked To Pay Rs 10 Lakh: Police
A 24-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Bhilwara was allegedly forced to take a "virginity test" by her in-laws who thrashed her after she "failed" it, and called a panchayat that asked her family to pay Rs 10 lakh, police said Monday.
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Indonesian Army Says Has Stopped 'Virginity Tests' On Female Cadets
The Indonesian army has ended a controversial practice of virginity tests on women who apply to become cadets, according to its chief of staff, a move welcomed by activists who have long campaigned against it.
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Rapper T.I. Says He Checks Every Year If His Daughter's Hymen Is "Intact"
Rapper T.I. takes his teenage daughter to the gynecologist each year to check whether her hymen is "still intact," he said during a podcast released Tuesday.
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Maharashtra Family Faces Social Boycott For Opposing Virginity Test
A family from the Kanjarbhat community in Thane district of Maharashtra has approached the police after it faced social boycott for opposing the practice of virginity test of women, an official said on Thursday.
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Maharashtra Medical Panel Wants "Virginity Test" From MBBS Course Removed
An expert panel of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has unanimously proposed to remove the contents of "virginity test" from the curriculum of forensic medicine of MBBS course.
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Maharashtra To Outlaw Virginity Tests Of Brides After Campaign
Forcing women to take virginity tests will soon be made illegal and considered a form of sexual assault, the Maharashtra government said Wednesday.
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Virginity Test Of Brides Form Of "Sexual Assault": Maharashtra Government
Forcing a woman to undergo virginity test will be made a punishable offence, the Maharashtra government said on Wednesday.
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WhatsApp Campaign To End Virginity Tests In Pune: Foreign Media
In the run-down neighborhood of Bhatnagar in this sleepy Indian city, a small rebellion is underway. The new generation of the close-knit Kanjarbhat community is staging protests at weddings to end the centuries-old practice of virginity tests.
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Human Rights Watch Denounces Female Virginity Tests In Indonesian Armed Forces
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday denounced the continuation of virginity tests for female applicants in the Indonesian Army and Police.
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Egyptian Lawmaker Says Women Should Prove They Are Virgins To Go To College
Last month, Egyptian lawmaker Elhamy Agina declared that women should undergo female genital mutilation in order to "reduce their sexual desires" because Egyptian men are "sexually weak."
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13-Year-Old Asked To Submit "Virginity Test" By School, Case Filed
Police lodged an FIR against a school-cum-madrassa here based on a man's complaint that her 13-year-old daughter was asked to submit a "virginity test" report for admission into the institute.
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Woman Can't Be Forced To Take Virginity Test, Violates Right To Dignity: Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that a woman cannot be forced to undergo a virginity test which violates Article 21 of the Constitution that guarantees her fundamental right to protection of life and liberty, including the right to dignity.
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'Virginity Test' Unscientific, Inhuman: Top Medical Body Amends Curriculum
The National Medical Commission on Thursday issued revised guidelines for its competency-based medical education curriculum, removing sodomy and lesbianism as "unnatural sexual offences".
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Pak Doctor Fired For Performing Two-Finger Test On 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
A woman doctor was dismissed from service in Pakistan's Punjab province for conducting a virginity test on a minor rape victim despite a ban on the practice.
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"Virginity Test Sexist, Unconstitutional, And Inhuman": Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled that conducting a "virginity test" on a female accused is unconstitutional, sexist and in violation of the right to dignity.
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Rajasthan Woman "Fails Virginity Test", Family Asked To Pay Rs 10 Lakh: Police
A 24-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Bhilwara was allegedly forced to take a "virginity test" by her in-laws who thrashed her after she "failed" it, and called a panchayat that asked her family to pay Rs 10 lakh, police said Monday.
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Indonesian Army Says Has Stopped 'Virginity Tests' On Female Cadets
The Indonesian army has ended a controversial practice of virginity tests on women who apply to become cadets, according to its chief of staff, a move welcomed by activists who have long campaigned against it.
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Rapper T.I. Says He Checks Every Year If His Daughter's Hymen Is "Intact"
Rapper T.I. takes his teenage daughter to the gynecologist each year to check whether her hymen is "still intact," he said during a podcast released Tuesday.
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Maharashtra Family Faces Social Boycott For Opposing Virginity Test
A family from the Kanjarbhat community in Thane district of Maharashtra has approached the police after it faced social boycott for opposing the practice of virginity test of women, an official said on Thursday.
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Maharashtra Medical Panel Wants "Virginity Test" From MBBS Course Removed
An expert panel of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has unanimously proposed to remove the contents of "virginity test" from the curriculum of forensic medicine of MBBS course.
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Maharashtra To Outlaw Virginity Tests Of Brides After Campaign
Forcing women to take virginity tests will soon be made illegal and considered a form of sexual assault, the Maharashtra government said Wednesday.
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Virginity Test Of Brides Form Of "Sexual Assault": Maharashtra Government
Forcing a woman to undergo virginity test will be made a punishable offence, the Maharashtra government said on Wednesday.
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WhatsApp Campaign To End Virginity Tests In Pune: Foreign Media
In the run-down neighborhood of Bhatnagar in this sleepy Indian city, a small rebellion is underway. The new generation of the close-knit Kanjarbhat community is staging protests at weddings to end the centuries-old practice of virginity tests.
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Human Rights Watch Denounces Female Virginity Tests In Indonesian Armed Forces
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday denounced the continuation of virginity tests for female applicants in the Indonesian Army and Police.
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Egyptian Lawmaker Says Women Should Prove They Are Virgins To Go To College
Last month, Egyptian lawmaker Elhamy Agina declared that women should undergo female genital mutilation in order to "reduce their sexual desires" because Egyptian men are "sexually weak."
