NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - New York lawmakers are considering setting up the nation's first ban on virginity testing, a practice common in many countries, legislators said on Tuesday, ...

The Swedish government is working to criminalize virginity checks as a way to protect girls and young women against crimes surrounding "honor," informed sources told Agence France Presse on Wednesday.

DURBAN - HUNDREDS of maidens marched to the Office of the Premier in Pietermaritzburg in a bid to challenge the United Nation's Human Rights, UN Women and the World Health Organization's (WHO) call to ...