5.6.9 Paternity policy
Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) has a paternity policy that supports women’s participation by ensuring that fathers can participate in childcare duties. The Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on the Paternity Policy Supporting Women’s Participation through Fathers’ Participation in Childcare Duties was reviewed and reissued in 2025, signed by the President, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cholvit Jearajit, and announced on 31 March B.E. 2568 (A.D. 2025), so the policy was reviewed within the period 2022–2026 and was in place in 2025. It builds on the paternity-related leave in the Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on Rules and Procedures for Leave of University Employees, dated 2 August B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017), under which an employee may take leave to assist his wife following childbirth for up to 15 consecutive working days per child, with full salary during the approved leave.
The policy states that this leave is intended to enable fathers to care for the newborn child, assist the mother after childbirth and share childcare and family responsibilities. In doing so, the University aims to reduce the disproportionate childcare burden that may fall on women and to support women in keeping their connection with employment and returning to their professional work after childbirth and maternity leave. Taking approved paternity leave shall not be a basis for unfair discrimination or disadvantage at work, the policy is designed to operate together with the University’s maternity provisions, and relevant units and supervisors must facilitate access to the leave, while the University periodically reviews the policy.
