The Sexist Streets of Belgrade

Nearly 90% of streets in Belgrade named for people are named for men. Less than a 11% of streets in the capital of Serbia which have been named for people are named for women.

EqualStreetNames: Belgrade is an interactive map which colors the streets of the capital of Serbia based on whether they are named for men or women. On the map streets named for men are colored yellow and streets named for women are colored purple. If you click on one of the colored streets on the map you can view who it was named for and click through to learn more about the named individual on Wikipedia.



EqualStreetNames:Belgrade was inspired by a similar map created for Brussels. In the capital of Belgium over 93% of the streets named for people are named for men. Only 6.27% of those streets are named for women.

EqualStreetNames.Brussels and EqualStreetNames:Belgrade are both very effective visualizations of the shocking lack of recognition for women in the names we give our streets. Streets named for women are colored in purple, so they should really stand out on both maps. In truth what really stands out is the disparity between the huge number of yellow streets (named for men) and the handful of purple streets.

Geochicas has been at the forefront in revealing the under-representation of women in street names. Las Calles de las Mujeres is an interactive map which reveals all the streets named for men and women in a number of cities in Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

Street Names in Vienna visualizes all the streets named for men and women in the Austrian capital.

Mapping Female versus Male Street Names also maps the distribution of male and female street names in many major cities across the world.