Breaking Taboos Creatively
Mahwari Justice is working to destigmatise periods through creative and engaging methods
Mahwari Mela
Shifting menstruation from a private, secret matter to something that can be celebrated publicly
In 2024, on Menstrual Health Day, we organized Mahwari Mela, a period festival in a small village in Tharparkar, Sindh. The festival created a space for the community to come together, celebrate menstruation, and challenge the stigma and silence surrounding periods.
Since 2025, we have brought Mahwari Mela to Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad, creating spaces across Pakistan where people can talk openly about menstruation, learn from one another, and celebrate menstrual health without shame.
We believe conversations around menstruation should not be confined to classrooms or campaigns, but should be part of our communities, culture, and everyday lives.
We believe conversations around menstruation should not be confined to classrooms or campaigns, but should be part of our communities, culture, and everyday lives.
Zine Making Workshops
Using zines as a medium to express oneself and the relationship with ones menstruation.
Our Zine Making Workshops invite children and adults alike to explore menstruation through art, writing, collage, and storytelling. Participants use zines as a creative space to reflect on their relationship with their bodies and periods, share personal experiences, challenge menstrual stigma, and express thoughts and feelings that are often difficult to put into words. Through making and sharing, the workshops turn menstruation into a subject that can be explored with curiosity, creativity, and openness.
Embroidery Workshops
Using embroidery as a creative way to express, explore, and reclaim conversations around menstruation.
Our Menstrual Embroidery Workshops bring together craft and menstrual storytelling, inviting participants to explore their experiences and perceptions of menstruation through thread, fabric, and design. By turning a traditionally domestic craft into a space for creative expression and conversation, the workshops encourage participants to challenge menstrual taboos, share personal stories, and see menstruation through a more open and positive lens
Period Bracelet Making Workshops
Turning a simple craft into a colourful conversation about menstruation.
Our Period Bracelet Making Workshops use creativity and hands-on craft to open up conversations around menstruation. Participants make their own bracelets while exploring menstrual health, challenging common myths and stigma, and reflecting on their own experiences. By pairing learning with a fun, accessible activity, we create spaces where talking about periods feels natural, comfortable, and free from shame.
Rap songs on Mahwari
Using music, language, and rhythm to make conversations about menstruation impossible to ignore.
We use rap and music as creative tools to challenge menstrual stigma and make conversations about periods more relatable and accessible. Our original Urdu and Sindhi mahwari rap songs bring menstruation into everyday spaces through catchy, culturally familiar language. We perform and play these songs at community events, festivals, workshops, and public gatherings, using music to spark conversations, challenge taboos, and remind audiences that menstruation is nothing to hide.
Mahwari Cartoon
Making menstrual education fun, engaging, and easy for children to understand.
We use cartoons and visual storytelling to introduce children to menstruation in a way that feels familiar, engaging, and age-appropriate. Our Mahwari Cartoons simplify menstrual health and puberty-related concepts through relatable characters and stories, helping children understand their bodies, ask questions without fear, and learn about menstruation without shame or stigma.
Mahwari Comics
Making menstrual education relatable, accessible, and engaging through stories and illustrations.
Our Mahwari Comics use storytelling and illustrations to make conversations about menstruation easier for children and young people to understand. Created in both Urdu and English, the comics explore menstrual health, puberty, body literacy, and common misconceptions through relatable characters and everyday situations. By bringing menstrual education into a familiar and enjoyable format, we make it easier for young readers to learn, ask questions, and talk about periods without shame.
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