Vice President: I Heard That At The Orphanage Institution There Is Also Sexual Violence

Indonesian Vice President, Ma'ruf Amin. (Photo: BPMI Setwapres)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin admitted that he heard cases of sexual violence in orphanages. He conveyed this when he received questions from journalists about preventing violence against students in Islamic boarding schools.

"I heard that in orphanages there was also sexual violence there," said the Vice President after launching the 2022 National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas) Santri Scholarship at the Vice President's Palace, Jakarta, Saturday, October 22, as reported via Antara.

He then asked the Ministry of Religion and the Ministry of Social Affairs to make a pole to prevent violence in their homes, including orphanages.

He said violence in educational institutions was not specific, only occurred in Islamic boarding schools, but also in various institutions.

The vice president said that the Minister of Religion had inaugurated the Masyayikh Assembly which consisted of pesantren kiai to provide guidance to improve the quality of pesantren.

"The main goal is to provide guidance for improving the quality of pesantren, but it is in the anti-violence curriculum so that it is an effort to prevent violence that has recently emerged," he explained.

He asked the Ministry of Religion to facilitate similar assemblies or councils in other educational institutions to prevent the recurrence of violence in educational institutions, especially in students.