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CAIRO, Dec 6 — She advertises her surgeries discreetly as a “health and beauty” service, but the gynaecologist offering hymen reconstruction operations to women in rural Egypt says they save lives. In conservative societies such as Egypt, an “intact” hymen — the thin tissue that may...

That anyone doing virginity tests or helping someone to do it a virginity test on somebody here in the uk or if that person is a uk national land is taken abroad to do that virginity test, that would be a criminal offence, and it would be punishable by five years in jail. now, offence, and it would be punishable by five years injail. now, the minister, edward argyle, who was talking about this by the government called the whole thing in defence they said it was a regressive practice, and that it...

One thing that every female recruit in the Indonesian army had to go through was the virginity test. This was deemed as disrespectful and immoral for a long time but the practice continued. Now after all these years, it was announced that the Army will do away with the tests. This news was confirmed by the Indonesian army's chief of staff. It was said that women will no longer

The Army will no longer subject women to invasive tests in which the inspectors used their fingers to assess whether the hymen was intact.

ಮಹಿಳಾ ಸೇನಾ ನೇಮಕಾತಿ ವೇಳೆ ಕನ್ಯತ್ವ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ನಡೆಸುವುದನ್ನು ಕೈಬಿಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಇಂಡೋನೇಷ್ಯಾದ ನಿರ್ಧಾರವನ್ನು ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳ ಸಂಘಟನೆಗಳು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿವೆ.

Human rights groups have long decried the invasive "two-finger" tests as cruel and abusive, while the Indonesian military previously said the tests helped determine recruits' morality.

Movement aims to educate Moroccans about virginity tests A Moroccan womens rights organization has started a campaign against the practice of virginity tests for new wives. The invasive procedures are used worldwide. In the Middle East, the concept of virginity and female chastity is related to family honor In a satirical promotional video for a new product, music plays as a pristine white sheet flutters onto a freshly made bed, gilded with sunlight. A colorful box, decorated with flowers, is o...

The state department when it was reviewing its list of possible candidates to be honored. whats your take? >> right. no, there is no doubt whatsoever that ms. ibrahim is remarkably effective activist in pro-democracy proponent in egypt. she was, as you know, laura, subjected to some of these virginity tests that happened. she ended up suing the leadership of the egyptian government and became sort of a star that way. here is the thing we have toker are. in this part of the world you can be anti-...

The state department when it was reviewing its list of possible candidates to be honored. whats your take? >> right. no, there is no doubt whatsoever that ms. ibrahim is remarkably effective activist in pro-democracy proponent in egypt. she was, as you know, laura, subjected to some of these virginity tests that happened. she ended up suing the leadership of the egyptian government and became sort of a star that way. here is the thing we have toker are. in this part of the world you can be anti-...

Carl cameron has the amazing story. >> they delay giving an international women of courage award to activist ibrahim for tweeting anti-semitic, anti-american statement including support for the 9/11 attacks. >> we as a department became aware very late in the process about the alleged public comments. after careful consideration, we decided to defer presenting this award to miss ibrhaim in this year so we have a chance to look further in statements. >> her biohas been removed from the state depa...