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This Berlin-specific research project intends to make visible the inequalities present in the urban environment through social gender relations, with a particular focus on mobilisation systems by using critical mapping as a research methodology.

We found a set of parameters that we felt were worth looking at in greater depth. First, how does the distribution of productive and reproductive work does play a role in mobility? The connection of this topic with the configuration of the direct living environment is very important. Second, multimodality and shared mobility are important trends that influence the mobility choices of women. Third the safety of all kinds of mobility infrastructure from bike lanes to streetlights or public transport spaces seems to have an enormous effect on how women move through Berlin.

The fem*MAP Mobility is the result of the attempt to spatialize the topics we found in various interviews on the Berlin cityscape. In addition to that, we used other ways of mapping and visualising the complex relationship of
gender, space and mobility in Berlin.

Reaching a more gender-sensitive perspective on space and mobility will help to improve existing infrastructure and help offer more equal accessibility to transport for all different groups.