Postcards
Hillcrest Community Run 2026
29-May-2026
For this year’s run, there was a turn-out of around a 100 people and part of the proceeds went to Panties with Purpose which was used to buy 1,570 underpants. The slogan was from Mischa: ‘Be a Pumba, live in the moment.’ Special thanks to Meera Somji and her friends for doing the run in London and also raising funds for Panties with Purpose.
Inspiring mentorship
28-May-2026
An inspiring mentorship session with Farah Ahmed. Her journey showed us that creating change can be both rewarding and challenging…
Retelling the story we already know
16-Apr-2026
Recently, I was asked to speak about the period art or menstrala in Period Matters for a documentary directed by Kathryn Everett for Kotex…
Grateful for such positive feedback
11-Apr-2026
I’m reaching out after reading Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia, and I wanted to express how powerful and necessary this collection is.
The Daily Nation, March 2011
20-Mar-2026
Newspaper cutting recording the first distribution carried out by Panties with Purpose on International Women’s Day, 8th March 2011.
International Menstruation Health Day 2025
3-Jun-2025
On International Menstrual Health Day 2025, Farah conducted a workshop on Period Matters at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute. Participants engaged with different mediums of art, poetry and advertising depicting menstruation.
Book Club: Period Matters
28-May-2025
Book club held at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute on 28th May 2025.
For this Menstrual Health Awareness Month, the book club explored the power of art in challenging period stigma.
Hillcrest Community Run 2025
4-May-2025
The Annual Hillcrest Community Run was held this year on Sunday 4th May in support of the Panties with Purpose Campaign. The event was dedicated in memory of Mischa. There was a turn-out of about a 100 people and some proceeds from the run went to Panties with Purpose. The slogan was from Mischa: ‘Be a pumba, live in the moment.’
New books in South Asian Studies
27-Mar-2025
Farah is interviewed by Zana Mody, an English DPhil student at the University of Oxford who works on postcolonial Indian literature and art.
Period Tracking Apps: Reconstructing Bodies And Eroding Rights
24-Feb-2025
Currently, hardly any PTAs address the urgent sensitivity of menstrual data with regard to law enforcement in their privacy policies and offer safeguards for users’ data against legal threats.
Ramgarhia Youth Association Donation
14-Feb-2025
Ramgarhia Youth Association (RYA) visited Thika School for the Visually Impaired, “a day that reminded us of the power of kindness and community”, as the Association put it. They donated foodstuffs, a braille machine and 40 rims of braille paper as well as distributed 300 pairs of undergarments.
Bashali: a place of freedom
15-Jan-2025
In northern Pakistan, menstruating women can choose to retreat to a bashali, a sacred space only for women on their period or about to give birth.