New lactation room inaugurated by Coppe students

Students from the Nuclear Engineering Program (PEN) at Coppe/UFRJ have inaugurated, on May 13, the Center of Parental Care. Its facilities consist of a comfortable environment for breastfeeding or expressing breast milk.

This idea comes from the current need to offer a proper and safe place for mothers and fathers who are also students and researchers of the PEN. The proposal was approved from its conception by the coordination of the PEN, who made sure that the room was available and that it was duly prepared for the activities to come. The implementation process for this room took the opinions and needs of students and researchers into account and successfully guaranteed that they were met.

“Many mothers end up quitting their studies because they do not have a support network or an appropriate place to change diapers and breastfeed”, says the PEN student representative Thais Hauradou.

Initially, the place will be used by the mothers and fathers of the PEN and DNC (Department of Nuclear Engineering) at the Polytechnic School/UFRJ, due to the size limitations of the lactation room.

It is located in Room 200, Block G, of the Technology Center at UFRJ, and has been equipped with a minibar for storing baby food, a nursing chair, a baby highchair, a crib, and a changing table. It also includes fun and educational toys, as well as a set of children’s chairs and table for activities.