Participating in a photo petition to support the UQU Women’s Room. 

Lifted from the petition page:

The Women's Room is an important part of the services the UQ Union provides to students at the University of Queensland. It is a place where students can feel free to discuss sensitive topics openly, to exist with comfort where that may not be possible outside this space, and to meet with like-minded students. It is open to women and all trans and nonbinary students.

Important practical functions of the Women's Room include: - it being a place for breastfeeding mothers on campus to feed their child in a comfortable, quiet, private environment - it being a place for women of various religious faiths to remove garments that they wear in public and in the presence of men - it being a place for trans people to spend time without the often considerable discomfort experienced in being among the general public - it being a place for these students and women to congregate, socialise and network with each other where that may be difficult otherwise

Traditionally and historically, universities have been male-dominated places that have actively sought to exclude women, that have discouraged women from attending, and - despite eventually admitting women - that have not taken all possible steps to facilitate women's full participation in university life as students and staff. Having a room on campus in which women can have a sense of autonomy and spend a short time free from the features and norms of our society that impact negatively on women is a valuable and necessary service for women students. It is a small space in the UQ Union complex that is highly valued by many women at UQ, and does not foster a sense of exclusion or negativity towards others.