More names of women in the public space of Barcelona. And it will be during the month of March for the celebration of International Women’s Day.
Sixteen streets, squares and gardens in the city will be named after women who have left their mark on the city’s history.
The spaces, spread throughout the ten districts, become a loudspeaker to demand more female names in the public space.
These names are a symbol that seeks to do justice to the great contributions made by women. Some activists, writers, entrepreneurs and sportswomen of all times in the Catalan capital.
More streets, squares and gardens to be named after women
This initiative is carried out to promote gender equality and ensure that more women are recognized in the public space.
The name changes were approved in the gazetteer presentation during the last few months.
According to statistics, only 8.3% of the roads in Barcelona are named after women, while 35% are named after men.
In the last four years, the presence of female names has increased by 2.2%. All thanks to the incorporation of names that pay tribute to the memory of women fighters and pioneers.
The unveiling ceremony of women’s names in public space began on March 4, 2023 and will continue throughout the month.
Some of the names being changed
The district of Ciutat Vella changed the name of the street of Conde de Santa Clara to Felícia Fuster y Viladecans, poet, translator and plastic artist.
In addition, a blue plaque located at 10, Elm Street, honors Amàlia Alegre, organizer of the strike against the increase in coal prices in 1918.
In the Eixample, the gardens of the Numax Women Workers in the former interior of the Niza cinema block and the Cristina Fernández Pereira gardens will pay tribute to two women.
Fernández Pereira was a janitor and was punished by the Franco regime, while the Numax Workers refers to the workers who fought for their labor rights in the factory.
The Sants-Montjuïc district will honor Valerie Powles, teacher, historian and activist, with a square in Poble-sec.
In addition, the spinners and weavers of the old Vapor Vell factory will give their name to another square, in recognition of the working-class past of the town of Sants.
In the district of Les Corts, the gardens adjacent to the Monument to the Women’s Prison of Les Corts will be named Jardins de Carme Claramunt y Barot. It will be in honor of the first woman shot by Franco’s regime in Camp de la Bota in 1939.
