Student Rights And Welfare-Bacolod

JOINT STATEMENT OF Y4SC CEBU AND BACOLOD ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE MANDATORY PREGNANCY TEST ON ALL PCC STUDENTS

Youth for Sustainable Change (Y4SC)-Cebu and Bacolod, as an organization that strongly advocates for the passing of Students' Rights and Welfare (STRAW) Bill, condemns the recent memorandum released by the administrators of Pines City Colleges of Baguio City ordering the mandatory pregnancy testing of all female students.

This policy is a clear violation of the students' right to privacy and also a form of discrimination against the female students. Y4SC believes that schools should serve as safe spaces for everyone and for students to admit themselves without the threat of discrimination, especially of gender.

This is a call for the congress to see the urgency for the passing of the long pending Students' Rights and Welfare Bill because Y4SC believes that the passage of this bill will finally end all forms of discrimination and abuses towards our students.

We call upon to the youth, especially the students, to be in solidarity with us in pushing for the passing of STRAW Bill and actively campaign to end violations and abuses of students’ rights and welfare. # # #

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