EqualStreetNames

EqualStreetNames is an open source project aiming to map the streets of cities by gender.

The names of public spaces (streets, avenues, squares and others) define the identity of a city and how citizens interact with it. Many cities around the world suffer from a major inequality between male and female street names and we want to help fix this.

There are several ways to approach the inequality of street names and leverage a positive change in our society. Ours is with the use of Open Data to create a map visualizing the streetnames of Brussels by gender.

How did we make this map?

To make this happen, we used open data - data which can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose - from OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia.

The ultimate goal is to link the data from Wikidata (the database of Wikipedia) to OpenStreetMap. This is clearly explained in the subpages

Technical VS Non-technical? We've got you covered!

If you're technical, please refer to our repository on Github: https://github.com/openknowledgebe/equalstreetnames, where the process is clearly documented.

If you're non-technical, here's your "How to start EqualStreetNames in my City".

Let's get started! 🚀