Women and feminism

Women, their stories and their struggles have historically been excluded from Barcelona’s street name index, from the narrative of our shared historical memory as a city. The names of streets, squares and monuments all too often respond to a patriarchal conception of the city’s historical memory, intersected by class and people’s origins. But public space must be able to represent us all, and that means continuing to reverse the imbalance and the lower presence of women’s names given to heritage elements, streets and squares in Barcelona.

The street name index must reflect the city we live in and the city we want to move towards, and in Barcelona there is a shortage of women, diverse origins and subordinate classes and an abundance of aristocrats, politicians, owners and saints.

During the month of March, we are presenting sixteen new public spaces in the city that take women’s names.

Las Karamba will be tasked with adding the festive flavour to this year’s celebrations for International Women’s Day. The concert is in the Espai Josep Bota at the Fabra i Coats complex on 18 March 2023, at 7.15 pm. Admission is free until the venue reaches its full capacity.

Las Karamba are an all-woman band whose members comes from different places around the world: Venezuela, Cuba, Catalonia, Panama and Argentina. They draw inspiration from their multi-cultural roots to blend Latin rhythms. Their lyrics are littered with personal experiences, which always offer a women’s vision and will have us dancing to the beat of the feminist cause.