One challenge female students often face, especially those who are married or have children, is limited time and resources to attend lectures while also fulfilling their responsibilities as mothers. This often hinders women from pursuing higher education or fully participating in academic activities.

In response, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) demonstrates a strong commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment by providing facilities. This facility is a concrete form of UNS’s support for implementing SDG 5 (Gender Equality), specifically Childcare Facilities for Students, which emphasizes the importance of access to childcare so students can attend lectures in peace and comfort.

Dharma Wanita Persatuan UNS manages Childcare Center Pondok ASI to support the welfare of the academic community, including female students. This facility provides a safe, clean, and child-friendly childcare space for babies and toddlers. In addition, comfortable, hygienic lactation rooms allow breastfeeding mothers to continue providing exclusive breastfeeding without leaving academic activities.

This facility also provides psychosocial and academic support for female students balancing their studies with child-rearing. With the Childcare Center Pondok ASI on campus, UNS creates an educational ecosystem that is family-friendly, gender-inclusive, and supports women’s continuity of study, so they don’t have to choose between continuing their education and raising children.

Through this initiative, UNS shows that gender equality is realized not only in policy but also through concrete facilities that ensure women’s full participation in higher education. The UNS “Dharma Wanita” Childcare Center Pondok ASI shows that the university is committed to providing a learning environment responsive to the needs of female students and supporting their dual roles as mothers and learners.

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