Student Pregnancy Test In Cianjur Highlighted, Alissa Wahid: This Is Discrimination Against Women

Chairman of PBNU for Family Welfare Alissa Wahid. (ANTARA/HO-PBNU)

Chairman of PBNU for Public Welfare Alissa Wahid assessed that the pregnancy test for students carried out by a school in Cianjur was an attitude of discrimination against women.

"It's discrimination against women, even though they have good intentions. But the pregnancy test is something very private," said Alissa in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, January 24.

Previously, it went viral on social media showing a recording of female students queuing in the toilet for a pregnancy test.

It was later discovered that the pregnancy test for female students was carried out by the Sulthan Baruna High School, Cianjur Regency.

The Principal of SMA Sulthan Baruna, Sarman confirmed the video.

He dismissed that what the school did was a urine test, not a pregnancy test, but in another interview Sarman said that it was a pregnancy test that had been running for two years.

Responding to this, Alissa said that the pregnancy test showed that the school did not trust the students at all.

This distrust, he said, brought a very bad climate at school. Children need to grow up in their condition they are trusted. According to him, if students are trusted, then they can make decisions well.

"But if you are treated like a prisoner like this. The pregnancy test is a very private thing, it should not be done like that. If the school wants the children to take care of themselves, help them to be able to take care of themselves, not with pregnancy tests or virginity," said Alissa Wahid.