8th Wave

Stay angry, get organised

A visible call for women's safety and equality.
Wear pink on the 8th. Join in from whereever you are.

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Next Action: 8 DECEMBER 2026

Wear pink. Tell people why women's safety and equality matter

Start on 8 December and then the 8th of every month after that.

What we're building towards?

8 March 2027

international women's day

a collective pause from paid and unpaid work

The star

Its five points represent the STARS values:

Safety

Together

Autonomy

Respect

Standards

It makes those shared values visible in one simple symbol.

Pink has often been used to prescribe what femininity should look like. We’re reclaiming it on our terms. It’s a visible signal, a way to recognise one another, and a reminder that women decide what womanhood means. Pink can be soft, strong, angry, joyful or all of it.

PINK

tHE 8TH

A regular date makes it easier to remember, show up and find one another. Small, visible actions can build momentum over time.

Women’s Day falls on 8 March 2027, so it feels fitting to start practising now by showing up together on the 8th of every month.

Count me in

If you would like to be more involved please sign up here

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make the 8th wave a friend thing

pink in the pub

Meet for a drink. Wear pink. Make it easy for others to join

run/walk in pink

A run club, a dog walk or one lap together. Any pace.

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dinner in pink

Host a meal or book a table.

Add pink to the invite

park meet-up

Bring a picnic, take a walk or just sit together in the sun

Don't have time for any of that? Just wear pink

faq's

It's unacceptable that women are still being harmed, dismissed and told to adapt to conditions that should never have been normalised. We’re tired of violence and inequality being treated as separate incidents, while women are expected to absorb the impact and carry on.

We’re doing this because isolation makes it harder to change anything.

The 8th Wave is a way to find one another, turn anger into connection, and build towards collective action, one visible step at a time.

The 8th Wave is for women who are angry, worried, exhausted by the same conversations, or simply ready to stand alongside other women. You don’t need to be an activist, have a platform or know exactly what to say. Bring your own experience and show up as you are.

Allies are welcome too: men, friends, family, colleagues, neighbours and community groups. Listen to women, challenge everyday sexism and help carry the call for change into your own circles. Every person who helps someone feel less alone matters.

Men who support women’s safety and equality are welcome. That support shows up in everyday choices: listening to women, challenging sexist comments, respecting boundaries and sharing the care work.

Children notice what adults do and say. They learn from the conversations around them, whose voices are heard, and how women are treated. Modelling respect and equality helps make them part of everyday life for the next generation.

A world where women are safe, equal and free to live on their own terms.

The bigger goal is to build the solidarity and collective power to challenge the conditions that keep women unsafe, unheard and carrying more than their share. We want women to be able to find one another, speak up together and make change harder to ignore.

We’re working towards 8 March 2027 as a collective pause from paid and unpaid work, making women’s contribution visible and building momentum for action. The monthly 8th is how we practise showing up together.