The Journey of Parenthood Global and the Inaugural Fatherhood Forum 2025
By Giselle Gunewardena
Building on this momentum, Parenthood Global now presents the Fatherhood Forum 2025, scheduled for July 23 at Cinnamon Life. Marking a first in Sri Lanka, this landmark event celebrates, supports, and redefines the narrative around modern working fathers
In today’s fast-evolving corporate landscape, the conversation around working parents is shifting from silent struggle to celebrated strength. Leading this transformation is Parenthood Global, an impact-driven platform that’s rewriting the rules of parenthood in the workplace. Born out of a vision to empower parents and foster family well-being, Parenthood Global partners with forward-thinking organizations to create cultures rooted in care, flexibility, and inclusion.
From developing parent-focused policies to embedding DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) strategies and leadership training, Parenthood Global’s initiatives address the core challenges working parents face today. Their work empowers companies not just to acknowledge caregivers but to actively support them, helping redefine career progression as compatible with family life.
A key milestone in this journey was the Mom Leaders Conference 2025, an event that united hundreds of trailblazing mothers, thought leaders, and corporate champions. The conference ignited honest conversations around the realities of motherhood in leadership, challenging outdated structures and inspiring businesses to rethink how they engage and uplift working mothers.
Building on this momentum, Parenthood Global now presents the Fatherhood Forum 2025, scheduled for July 23 at Cinnamon Life. Marking a first in Sri Lanka, this landmark event celebrates, supports, and redefines the narrative around modern working fathers. The forum isn’t just about recognizing dads, it’s about reimagining fatherhood itself. Through panel discussions, keynote sessions, and powerful personal stories, the Fatherhood Forum will explore the evolving identity of fathers navigating careers and caregiving in tandem. From boardrooms to bedtime stories, today’s fathers are embracing shared parenting, empathetic leadership, and the pursuit of balance, challenging stereotypes that have long limited their roles.
What sets this forum apart is its collaborative foundation. Numerous leading organizations have partnered with Parenthood Global, stepping forward to honour their own employees, fathers who embody the dual commitment to career and family. These recognitions represent a critical cultural shift: a move from viewing fatherhood as secondary to celebrating it as integral to professional identity. But the Fatherhood Forum is more than a one-day event, it’s the launch of a movement. A movement urging companies to build more compassionate, human-centred workplaces. A movement that affirms caregiving is not a barrier to success but a strength to be celebrated.
As Parenthood Global continues to lead the charge, the message is clear: redefining parenthood in the modern workplace isn’t just about inclusion, it’s about building stronger, more resilient organizations where every parent can thrive. With the inaugural Fatherhood Forum 2025, a new chapter begins. And it’s one where every father’s story matters.
