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Woman's HourPumeza Matshikiza, Josie Lloyd, CensHERshipSouth African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza has performed at many of the leading opera houses across Europe and the United States and released her debut album Voice of Hope, combining well-known arias with traditional and popular African songs. She has won critical acclaim in the title role of Aida at the State Opera Hannover, as the Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen at the English National Opera and this summer performed at London’s Classical Pride. She is about to accompany Bryn Terfel on a Christmas tour around the UK and joins Nuala in the studio to sing l...2024-12-0455 min
Ctrl + Alt + Thrive. PodcastSEASON 2 : Farah Kabir, Founder of HANX, on Ozempic Trends, Offline Distribution, Industry Challenges, and leading Global Sexual Health.In this episode, I sit down with Farah Kabir, the CEO and Co-Founder of HANX, a healthcare company on a mission to support women through all major life stages—from first experiences to motherhood, menopause, and beyond. HANX first made waves by transforming the condom market and now offers a wide range of products, including intimate care, oral contraceptives, supplements, and weight management solutions.Farah shares her journey from a career at Goldman Sachs to leading HANX, where she’s breaking taboos around sex, pleasure, and intimate health. As an advocate for underrepresented entrepreneurs, particularly wome...2024-11-2631 min
Brand Growth HeroesEp75 HANX Condoms are Creating the Sexual Wellness Brand Your Mum Will LoveEver been embarrassed at the till buying condoms?! This week, Fiona Fitz is joined by Farah Kabir and Sarah Welsh, the brilliant duo behind HANX, a scaling challenger brand in the sexual wellness category.Farah and Sarah turned an awkward personal experience into a market-leading company by spotting a glaring gap in the female-focused sexual health market. They've now built a brand that, although it started in condoms, has evolved to support women throughout all stages of their lives, addressing the various ways that women's bodies change and show up at different ages.They're securing d...2024-11-0428 min
The WalletScaling Up Your Business, with Farah Kabir💸 Welcome to The Entrepreneur's Blueprint - a podcast series featuring three stories from female founders. In this first episode, I talk to Farah Kabir, co-founder of HANX, the UK-based sexual wellness and intimate care brand. Discover how she turned a bold idea into a thriving, purpose-driven company, secured funding, and overcame the challenges of scaling. PARTNERAre you a UK-based female founder looking to scale your business? Fiverr and Virgin StartUp are challenging female founders across the UK to show us how business-building is done for their chance to win £15,000 to spend on Fiverr. For m...2024-09-1240 min
Jazz ShapersFarah Kabir: Co-founder of HanxFarah Kabir is the co-founder of Hanx, the female-focused, sexual wellness brand. Farah shares with Elliot the moment of embarrassment that led her to change careers and launch a shame-free brand, prioritising female empowerment. 2024-05-2528 min
Filmi LadiesFilmi Ladies episode 81: Main Hoon Na 20th AnniversaryRe-united family! India Pakistan! Chiffon sarees! Riverdale vibes! Zayed Khan's crunchy wig! Shahrukh in vardi! Kabir Bedi's baritone! Sunil Shetty's ice blue contacts! Fantastic music! What does this movie not have? 👏🏾
We discuss Farah Khan's very memorable directorial debut as it turns 20 years old.
The Filmi Ladies are also very grateful to this film for giving us our favorite Filmi phrase - Avoid Yaar!
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My MARS mantra: Stories from changemakers in disasters and developmentEp7 Voice of Bangladesh to the World development stage / বিশ্বের বুকে বাংলাদেশের কন্ঠস্বর_Farah Kabir with Rumana KabirFarah Kabir is an activist from Bangladesh and has led the world development stage to amplify voices against injustice. In this episode, Farah Kabir highlights the root causes of disasters worldwide, from a human rights perspective. She also celebrates the achievements made in Bangladesh, such as creating dignified lives for street children, and acid survivors; and rebuilding resilient homes by bringing in the local government, and the professionals to address the on-ground needs of people. Farah Kabir also points out how global injustice affects Bangladesh, showing us the links between climate displacements, fast fashion and consumerism, and how we are...2023-12-1130 min
Virgin StartUp ChangemakersChangemakers: Farah Kabir, co-founder of HanxThis week Natalie met the changemaker championing unapologetic sexual and intimate health for everyone. In 2017, best friends Farah Kabir and Dr Sarah Welsh were both equally frustrated with the limited variety and their experience in the condom and lube aisle.They created HANX with the purpose to start a sex-positive and sustainable brand with gynae-backed sexual wellness products everyone would love, with no harsh chemicals.Their attitude to challenge the status quo and misconceptions about our bodies is a step in the right direction to get rid of the days...2023-11-291h 02
Business Without Bullsh-tSPECIAL - Business or Bullshit in LA with London & PartnersEP 261 - We recently went on a trade mission to LA with London & Partners and Grow London where we spoke to some brilliant Life Science entrepreneurs about their businesses and future plans, and played a round of Business or Bullshit with them (with a few of our favourite BWB questions thrown in for good measure)Guests:Rikesh Patel - London & PartnersEmilė Radaytė - Samphire NeuroscienceGeorge McBride - Clerkenwell HealthFarah Kabir - HANXPhil Steele - GoJoePeter Hansell - IslacareAr...2023-11-1746 min
Startups Inside Out74. Smashing Taboos And Building A FemTech Company In Nationwide Retail w/Farah Kabir | HANX👉🏽 Take Bae Startup Foundations free: https://www.thebaehq.com/courses/bae-startup-foundations👉🏽 Join Bae HQ: https://www.thebaehq.com/joinAmardeep Parmar from Bae HQ welcomes Farah Kabir, the Co-Founder of HANX.Amardeep Parmar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmarBae HQ: https://www.thebaehq.comFarah Kabir : https://www.linkedin.com/in/farahkabir001/HANX: https://www.hanxofficial.com/2023-09-1329 min
Not My First GuessMake the earth move: how to build a sustainable sextech business with Farah Kabir, Co-founder of HANXToday I’m joined by Farah Kabir, Co-founder of HANX.One day, while enjoying a stable career in Asset Management at Goldman Sachs, Farah stood in line at her local Boots ready purchase a box of condoms when she realised her boss was standing behind her.Utterly mortified, Farah felt the very relatable pang of shame rise within her until… she suddenly thought “actually, why should I be embarrassed about this?” and so over a bottle (or two) of wine, she decided to jump into bed with her best friend Sarah (who also happens to be a doc...2023-07-2556 min
Not My First GuessSpecial Episode: FundraisingToday I'm very excited because we are doing a special episode all about fundraising.This is a topic I get asked about all the time from founders wanting to know who they should go to for investment, what investors are really looking for, and what they should be asking investors in turn.It's a topic we've talked about a ton on this podcast. We've had angel investors give their perspective, venture capitalists share theirs, and founders of all different stages talk about their journeys. So it seemed only right that we start to amalgamate some...2023-07-1134 min
The Negotiation Society podcastInside my head...HanxLooking for a dose of female empowerment? Listen to this episode of "Inside my head" with host Jessie Lancaster and special guests Sarah Welsh and Farah Kabir. Together, they co-founded Hanx, a brand that focuses on sexual wellness and intimate care without the stigma. They share their inspiring career journey, which saw them leave the corporate and medical fields to create a sex-positive and sustainable brand. Tune in as they reveal what it takes to bring a good idea to life and become a successful entrepreneur. From taking a leap of faith and walking the talk with passion, to...2023-02-2223 min
Not My First GuessFundraising as a Diverse Founder, with Guests Simi Lindgren, Nick Telson and Farah KabirRecorded live from Sifted Summit, this episode unpacks the challenges of fundraising as a diverse founder, practical tips on fundraising, and what we can do at individual, organisational, and systems levels to fix inequities in the startup ecosystem.Our incredible guests are:Simi Lindgren is the founder of Yuty, tackling bias in AI to match customers based on ethnicity, skin type and medical condition to the best beauty products. They raised £500k in their pre-seed, making Simi just the 10th black female founder to gain VC backing in the UK. Nick Telson took his first startup, De...2022-11-0147 min
Smut Drop30: The Business of Sex with Hanx Founder Farah KabirBored of the garish, ‘masculine’, penis-centric messaging of condoms, and not to mention gross chemicals that shouldn't be anywhere near a vagina. Farah and her best friend, quit their jobs and put their life savings into creating the sex-positive, sustainable, good lookin’ and gynae-backed sexual wellness products you know and really, really love! A fascinating conversation into the Business of Sex. Also, Miranda wonders what is a 'Projection-ship?' Have you ever found yourself in one? Make sure you follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode, and of course, give us a cheeky five star rati...2022-10-0526 min
Smut Drop30: The Business of Sex with Hanx Founder Farah KabirBored of the garish, ‘masculine’, penis-centric messaging of condoms, and not to mention gross chemicals that shouldn't be anywhere near a vagina. Farah and her best friend, quit their jobs and put their life savings into creating the sex-positive, sustainable, good lookin’ and gynae-backed sexual wellness products you know and really, really love! A fascinating conversation into the Business of Sex. Also, Miranda wonders what is a 'Projection-ship?' Have you ever found yourself in one? Make sure you follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode, and of course, give us a cheeky five star rati...2022-10-0526 min
Fundraising Stories with Female FoundersFarah Kabir, HANX - Funding for condomsThey both felt strongly that the current offering isn’t fit for purpose and wanted to create sexual wellness products to address the problem. They went about starting the passion project with thorough market research and surveyed 2,000 women on sexual health and buying habits.Funding the business as two female entrepreneurs and Farah being from a Bangladeshi Muslim background, came with an array of challenges, naysayers and inappropriate comments from “old school” male investors. While the consumer brand is tech-enabled, it’s not tech/ SaaS which is typically “sexy” for many VCs so this type of investment didn’t work...2022-08-0529 min
Brand F*upsFarah Kabir of HanxThe brilliant Farah Kabir, Co-founder of Hanx, joins us from across the pond on this week’s episode of Brand F* Ups. On a mission to revolutionize the sexual wellness industry after an uncomfortable experience buying condoms, Farah is a courageous disrupter in her category. With a smart idea and a healthy dose of intelligent naivete, Farah shares her journey from financial banker to champion for women’s sexual wellness. This is an extra saucy episode you don’t want to miss!https://www.hanxofficial.com/Need help establishing your brand difference? Reach o...2022-05-2430 min
The WalletHow to start and raise funding for a truly disruptive business, with Farah KabirIn 2017, Farah Kabir launched HANX, the sexual wellness brand with women in mind with her childhood friend Sarah. HANX sells a range of products, from their award-winning ultra-thin, vegan, biodegradable condoms to oestrogen-free hormonal contraception. Now stocked online and in Boots, Sainsbury's and other major UK retailers, they are genuinely disrupting the feminine care industry.⚡Farah is passionate about creating a platform that empowers women to take control of their sexual wellness and pleasure without shame or embarrassment. Before HANX, Farah spent six years working at Goldman Sachs. In this episode, we talk about leaving a se...2022-04-0732 min
Masala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcastBad Betis take over + LGBTQ marriage proposal - Masala Podcast Live - S3 Ep12“The First Live LGBTQ Marriage Proposal, the sense of sisterhood, the love….”
This very special episode of Masala Podcast Live recorded at Kings Place London on Sat 11th Sept as part of the London Podcast Festival. Our Bad Betis took over Kings Place, we had a wonderful live audience. The sense of sisterhood and support across the room was electrifying.
We had four incredible guests. Raga D’Silva, LGBTQ activist. Farah Kabir, co-founder of female focussed sexual wellness brand HANX. Dr. Rageshri Dhairyawan, HIV and Sexual Health activist. As well as Dr. Tina Mistry, clinical psychologist...2021-09-211h 02Masala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcastBad Betis take over London - LGBTQ marriage proposal (Masala Podcast Live at London Podcast Festival)“The First Live LGBTQ Marriage Proposal, the sense of sisterhood, the love….”This very special episode of Masala Podcast Live recorded at Kings Place London on Sat 11th Sept as part of the London Podcast Festival. Our Bad Betis took over Kings Place, we had a wonderful live audience. The sense of sisterhood and support across the room was electrifying.We had four incredible guests. Raga D’Silva, LGBTQ activist. Farah Kabir, co-founder of female focussed sexual wellness brand HANX. Dr. Rageshri Dhairyawan, HIV and Sexual Health activist. As well as Dr. Tina Mistry...2021-09-211h 02Masala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcastThe female-friendly condom - South Asian women want control of contraception and pleasure“People making condoms haven’t considered that these things go INTO women’s bodies!”Meet Farah Kabir, co-founder of HANX, who tackles the taboo around female contraception & women’s intimate sexual health. In this episode, Sangeeta & Farah talk about why women taking charge of their own contraception and pleasure is important.Farah co-founded HANX in 2017, spurred on by the desire to smash taboos around sex, pleasure and intimate health.READ MORE2021-09-2136 minMasala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcastWhy do we need a female-friendly condom – Farah Kabir - S3Ep 7 - Masala Podcast“People making condoms haven’t considered that these things go INTO women’s bodies!”
Meet Farah Kabir, co-founder of HANX, who tackles the taboo around female contraception & women’s intimate sexual health. In this episode, Sangeeta & Farah talk about why women taking charge of their own contraception and pleasure is important.
Farah co-founded HANX in 2017, spurred on by the desire to smash taboos around sex, pleasure and intimate health.
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REALWORK003 Farah Kabir: From finance to female sexual wellness‘We’re not glossing over the reality of being a woman, we want to be real and relatable’Farah Kabir was in a secure job in finance when she and her co-founder noticed a problem with the condom market; it was all targeted towards men. After thorough market research and a somewhat awkward announcement over family dinner, HANX was founded; providing sexual health products from condoms and lube through to treatments for thrush and more, HANX offers women a beautifully packaged alternative to the many garish, male-pitched products that fill the market. Farah discusses her journe...2021-03-221h 04
Join the DotsHANX: Condoms, community and capital with cofounder Farah KabirVOICE by Maddyness takes a deep dive into a new industry every series, speaking to some of the leading forces in the space. Our first series explores the wonderful world of sextech! In episode one, our host Graham Hussey chats with Farah Kabir, cofounder of sexual health and intimate wellness brand HANX.
Read the supporting article on Maddyness2021-02-0833 min
Positively SelfishSarah Welsh, HANX - “Sex, Shame, Stimulation… and Condoms” [#086]SEX: us Brits are so prude.. Cue: Sarah Welsh for normalising sex, female sexual health, knowing our bodies (gals) and de-prudifying Positively Selfish. Thank you! The lovely gynaecology doctor and co-founder of vegan condom company HANX is doing more than just creating sex-care products that are kinder to us and the planet. She and her oldest school friend, Farah Kabir, are building a badass movement to help us stop being weird about our sex lives. Period. Enjoy our chats on vegan, cruelty-free condoms, whether women actually go and buy condom (we can...2020-10-0640 min
Smut DropPoorly PussyThe GSBS gals chat with Farah Kabir and Sarah Welsh from the sexual health brand, HANX. They talk breaking barriers and positive sexuality and how to look after yourself. Check out HANX online hanxofficial.com. Stay in touch with the girls on social media:www.twitter.com/goodsexbadsexxxwww.instagram.com/goodsexbadsexOr email the team if you have a question or request: info@sexpod.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-09-1720 min
Smut DropPoorly PussyThe GSBS gals chat with Farah Kabir and Sarah Welsh from the sexual health brand, HANX. They talk breaking barriers and positive sexuality and how to look after yourself. Check out HANX online hanxofficial.com. Stay in touch with the girls on social media:www.twitter.com/goodsexbadsexxxwww.instagram.com/goodsexbadsexOr email the team if you have a question or request: info@sexpod.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...2020-09-1720 min
Hope and PatienceSarah WelshSarah founded Hanx with Farah Kabir back in 201 - Sarah bringing her medical expertise (she was a Dr specialising in sexual health & gynaecology) and Farah with her corporate finance background.Join Sarah on this episode sharing their story of where Hanx all came from, what makes her tick, how she keeps her inner critic in check, what she does to keep balance in her life and much more. We also eat chocolate … of course!We were hoping Farah was going to be joining the show but sadly timing wise it didn’t work. Another time...2020-09-1600 min
The ThreadHow to market to women in 2020An Alpaca Communications Podcast. This episode of the thread is a special one. We hosted a roundtable discussion with three incredible female trailblazers. We were joined by Cindy Gallop 'the Michael Bay of business'. Cindy was the former chairman of BBH US and is the founder of Make Love, Not Porn. In addition to Tanja Grubner Global Marketing & Communications Director at Essity (Bodyform) and Farah Kabir co-founder of ground beaking sexual wellness brand Hanx.What you’re about to listen to is an honest and inspiring conversation about marketing to women in 2020. So...2020-08-2855 min
The Zoe Turner PodcastEp46:FARAH KABIR | DUBAI’S PREMIER MINDSET SHIFT EXPERT, ON YOUR JOURNEY TO SELF-TRANSFORMATIONFarah has mastered the fast-track to complete well-being. She has made it her mission to share these extraordinary tools by bringing her one-on-one technique to the stage. Drawing upon her own life and professional experiences, and surmounting the many obstacles to self-fulfilment and success, she now delivers keynotes and leads workshops that leave students and audiences inspired, as well as transformed. Farah is a recognized expert in human behaviour, corporate wellness, business entrepreneurship and self-empowerment. A great believer in applying holistic solutions to self-transformation, Farah has the unique talent to infuse people with confidence and purpose, as well as...2020-05-0738 min
Knicker Box GloryMeet the Gang - Super Gonorrhea, 2AM Dumplings & The Butterfly EffectTune into the first episode of Knicker Box Glory, get to know your host Emma and her two guests of honour, Sarah Welsh and Farah Kabir, co-founders of HANX. We’ll be discussing the origins of HANX, the inspiration for Knicker Box Glory and name dropping some of our upcoming guests. Sound like your jam? Pop your headphones in, hit play and settle down for a soulful session.2019-10-3100 min
Mouth Off Radio PodcastFarah KabirWe chat to Farah Kabir, one half of the dream duo who’ve created HANX; the condom by women, for women, and 100% vegan (yasss). Making serious moves in a primarily male dominated industry, Farah Kabir and her business partner and bestie Sarah Welsh have created HANX condoms, for all the women of the world to have a condom with them in mind (V chic packaging and website included). Farah spills the tea on all the industry secrets (srsly this is in an education you will not wanna miss out on) and how her Bangladeshi up...2019-07-0400 min
Girls In Movement PodcastFarah Kabir & Sarah Welsh | co - Founders HANX | Episode 27 | Girls In Movement | Podcast SeriesWelcome to episode 26!
Today we speak to Farah Kabir and Sarah Welsh, Co-Founders of HANX . The first Condom brand designed by Women, for Women in mind.
HANX has already been featured in Marie Claire, The Guardian, Stylist & other publications - and it’s being recognised for smashing the stigma!
“We wanted to make condoms that we would be proud to buy, use and have in our bags and bathrooms. Ones that are natural. That smell nice. With beautiful packaging. Premium but discrete. Condoms that everyone would be happy to be seen w...2018-08-2316 min
Undercover LoverWeek 7: Snogging Britney Spears with Farah Kabir and Charlotte Jonsdottier BieringIf you're still chatting in the lift in hushed tones cos you can’t admit you like Love Island – then this is the podcast for you. Journalist Harriet Minter hoiks up her feminist morals and grabs a couple of like mindeds to dissect the human love experiment... *cough* sorry - the human love experience that is “The Villa”. Laying on the Factor 50 of love for Love Island with Harriet this week, is co-founder of Hanx condoms, Farah Kabir and creator of the "legendary" Love Island Whatsapp group: Charlotte Jonsdottier Biering. They discuss producer meddling, turning 30 vs finding a...2018-07-2240 min