University launches Parents' Room

01-May-2002

While a community debate continues on paid maternity leave, the University of Wollongong will launch a Parents' Room on campus in collaboration with Wollongong UniCentre.

The Parents' Room will be launched tomorrow, Thursday May 2, in the University Hall foyer.

The launch will be attended by Ms Fiona Krautil, Director of Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) and the University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton. Members of the campus community and their families are also invited to attend the launch.

The Parents' Room has been established for the use of students and staff requiring a place to attend to specific needs of young children and to meet the needs of nursing mothers. The room is located on the ground floor of UniCente (Bld 11). It provides a quiet place to breastfeed, bottle feed or express milk privately, a curtained off area for those requiring privacy, comfortable seating, baby change table, hot and cold water, microwave, waste disposal and a small play area for younger children.

Photo/filming opportunity: The official launch starts 2.30pm in the University Hall foyer. Following this, guided tours will be conducted of the new Parents' Room and Children's Services Kids Uni North and South, the on-site child care facilities.

For more information: contact Robyn Weekes at the EEO Unit on 4221 3917 or Fran Walder at UniCentre on 4221 8003.