Guided by women: Feminist city walks

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  I'm Ella Alshamahi and this is The Conversation from the BBC World Service,

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  the programme that amplifies women's voices,

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  which is really just a fancy way of saying that we find two women from different countries who share an expertise or passion,

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  bring them together and see what happens.

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  Now, if you're visiting a new city,

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  taking a guided tour can be a great way to discover it.

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  or if you're already living there,

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  it's an opportunity to get to know the place a little better.

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  But are the stories we're told about our cities too male-dominated?

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  Joining me today are two women who've created female-centred walking tours.

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  Tina Rakla Dóttir is an Icelandic anthropologist and she founded the Reykjavik Feminist Walk in 2019.

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  And Emma Rader is a Bolivian activist and one of the co-founders of Lopaz,

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  the feminist tour.

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  Tina, Emma, welcome to The Conversation.

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  Thank you.

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  Hi everyone, it's nice to meet you here.

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  Tina,

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  what made you realise that regular walking tours don't represent women's stories?

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  I was on a tour of Eastern Europe and I went to Ljubljana where I discovered a feminist tour and I had never really heard of the concept before.

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  But I loved the tour that I went on there and started thinking about why we don't have it here in Iceland,

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