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Saudi Arabia العربية
HAWLAYN
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HAWLAYN

Two Years. One Promise.

A workplace nursing-room certification program

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The Story

She was given the time. Not the place.

Every morning, she returns to a job she fought to keep. Her child is only months old, and the law is on her side: a full hour, every working day, to nurse or to express milk. It is hers by right for two years.

But when the hour comes, there is nowhere to go. No quiet room. No clean surface. No door that locks. So she makes a choice no one sees her make. She slips into a bathroom stall, or sits in her parked car, or she simply stops nursing altogether.

This is the silent choice thousands of Saudi mothers make every day. Not because the Kingdom failed them, but because the last step was left undone.

Honoring the Kingdom

The Kingdom did the hard part.

In a single decade, Saudi Arabia rewrote what working motherhood looks like. The protections a mother needs are no longer aspirations. They are law.

  1. Twelve weeks of fully paid maternity leave, protected under Article 151 of the Labour Law.

  2. One paid hour every working day to nurse her child, counted as working time, guaranteed for up to two years after birth.

  3. A nursery mandate requiring large employers to provide care for young children.

  4. Female workforce participation more than doubled, rising from 17% to 36% in under a decade.

The Kingdom gave the mother her time. The question that remains is smaller, and entirely ours to answer.

The Gap

An hour needs a door.

96%*

of Saudi workplaces have no dedicated room where a mother can use the hour the law already gives her.

A right with no room to use it is a right on paper. The hour exists. The intention exists. What is missing is four walls and a door: a place private enough, clean enough, and calm enough for a mother to care for her child and return to her desk with dignity.

This is not a gap in the law. It is a gap in the room. And a gap in a room is something a company can close.

Figure from a primary healthcare study conducted in Al-Ahsa, not a national survey.

Our Turn

Now it is our turn.

The government did its part. It wrote the time into law. The private sector's part is simpler, and just as meaningful: to make the room.

Hawlayn is how we make it happen. A national certification program that helps employers build a proper nursing room, recognises those who do, and equips the room once it is built.

One promise, kept across the two years the law protects: that every working mother in the Kingdom has a door to close and a place that is hers.

Two Years. One Promise.

The Program

What is Hawlayn?

Hawlayn (Arabic for "two years") is a workplace nursing-room certification program from Philips Avent. It gives Saudi employers a clear standard to build toward, a simple path to recognition, and the equipment to complete the room.

Employers who meet the standard earn the Hawlayn certification mark: a visible signal to their people and their market that this is a workplace built around the mother and child.

Employers earn

Hawlayn certification seal
Two Years. One Promise.

The Standard

The ten-point standard.

A Hawlayn-certified room is not a repurposed corner. It meets ten requirements, each one written from the mother's point of view.

  1. A private room with a door that locks, used for nursing only during nursing hours.

  2. A comfortable seat with back support, and a clean flat surface for a pump.

  3. A power outlet within reach of the seat.

  4. A sink with clean running water nearby, or inside the room where possible.

  5. A small refrigerator, or dedicated fridge space, for storing expressed milk.

  6. Clean, secure storage for personal pump parts and belongings.

  7. Hygienic surfaces that are easy to wipe down between uses.

  8. Gentle, non-clinical lighting and adequate ventilation.

  9. A clear booking or access method so the room is available when needed.

  10. Visible signage and a written workplace policy protecting the daily nursing hour.

Watch the Film

See the promise in motion.

A short film on why an hour needs a door, and how Hawlayn helps employers give it one.

Our Commitment

Build the room. We will fill it.

A certified room earns more than recognition. When an employer builds a nursing room to the Hawlayn standard, Philips Avent equips it.

We provide a Room Starter Kit of the same products a mother would choose for her own child, placed in the room she will use. The company builds the space. We make it ready to use from the first day.

The Room Starter Kit includes

  • A double electric breast pump, for fast and comfortable expression during the nursing hour.
  • A steriliser and bottle warmer, to keep expressed milk safe and ready.
  • Natural-feel bottles and storage cups, for clean collection and storage.
  • A care and comfort set to complete the room.
  • Breast pump

    Breast pump

  • Steriliser + warmer

    Steriliser + warmer

  • Bottles + cups

    Bottles + cups

  • Care set

    Care set

You make the room. We make it a Philips Avent room.

How to Apply

Five steps to certification.

  1. 1

    Express interest

    A short form registers your company and the site you want to certify.

  2. 2

    Self-assess

    Use the Hawlayn checklist to measure your space against the ten-point standard.

  3. 3

    Build or adapt

    Create the room, or bring an existing space up to standard. We share guidance and a layout reference.

  4. 4

    Verify

    Submit photos and a brief confirmation. A Hawlayn review confirms the room meets the standard.

  5. 5

    Certify and equip

    Your site receives the Hawlayn certification mark, and Philips Avent delivers the Room Starter Kit.

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Why Certify

A room that returns more than it costs.

A nursing room is a small investment with a long return. For the company, and for the mother who never has to make the silent choice again.

  • Keep the talent you trained.

    The months after maternity leave are when employers lose women they spent years developing. A room is a reason to stay.

  • Strengthen your employer brand.

    Certification is a public, credible signal that your workplace supports working mothers.

  • Move ahead of the standard.

    As nursing-room expectations rise across the Kingdom, certified employers are already there.

  • Give dignity a place.

    The most lasting return is the simplest: a mother cared for, and a workplace that shows it.

Two Years. One Promise.

The Kingdom gave her the time. Let us give her the place.

To certify your workplace, contact the Hawlayn program team.

Apply for certification Express interest

Hawlayn Program, by Philips Avent

hawlayn.ksa@example.com +966 11 234 5678

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