We are a foundation that was born in 2009 with the dream of Spanish and Central American women from promote the rights of women and LBTIQ+ people in Central America and Spain.
Our support is materialised through the providing financial support, accompaniment and meeting spaces for cooperation, collective care and learning.
We prioritise migrant women's organisations, LBTIQ+, women human rights defenders, people with functional diversity and other groups that tend to experience greater discrimination or violence.
Calala's decolonial journey has been a path of consciousness, a constant challenge. which has become a common thread running through many of the changes that have taken place over the years that we have been sailing.
We are creative and we dare to experiment. because we have strong roots to build on.
We enjoy together strengthening transformative initiatives guided by love, pleasure and irreverence.
We become entangled with others and we rely on the diverse capacities that we all have to building collectively.
We are aware of the importance of care and look for ways to put them into practice collectively for the sustainability of life and our movements.
We recognise our privileges and we take responsibility for redressing historical violence and redistributing resources, honouring the sovereignty and knowledge of bodies, communities and territories.
We listen actively and we are able to respond to changing needs and contexts.
"Power to decide the life we want."
In a natural process such as blossoming, our way is made through the various 6 points that take us to the zenith: fulfilling our vision.
This is our “Theory of Change“.
At House Movements we work closely with the women's, feminist and LBTIQ+ groups with which Calala works, we take care of the project and institutional donor relationship management public and private.
Feminist at heart and activist born in Barcelona. She studied economics and cooperation, where he learned from some people about transformative approaches, and from there he has been building his path with collectives and organisations such as the SCI or Hora, where he has learned about intersectional feminism, anti-racism, decoloniality or reparation.
Very keen to support and care for those on the frontline and who put their bodies in the defence of life.
Director of Organisational Development Degree in Political Science, holds a Master's degree in Programme and Public Policy Evaluation.
Feminist activist with more than 15 years of experience working on gender issues, women's rights and international cooperation.
He has worked in Spanish public administrations (Instituto de la Mujer and Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación), as well as as well as in NGDOs both in Spain and in Central America.
Argentina, feminist, vocational poet, journalist specialising in communication. for Social Change and Peace with training in Gender, Interculturality and Project Management.
She has worked in the areas of Education and Communication for Social Transformation in NGDOs. and international organisations of the United Nations system; as well as in media and communication agencies.
Colombian social communicator. Its forte is the planning, monitoring and evaluation of processes, where the voices, the proposals and the intervention of the protagonists are the key.
He enjoys learning, creating and listening
, He believes that the possible transformations start from really seeing and understanding other people in their astonishing diversity.
Salvadoran, feminist and anti-racist activist, whose commitment is focused on the defence of the rights of women, ancestral peoples and sexual dissidence. Graduate in Philosophy, with training in Gender and International Cooperation.
With more than 15 years of experience in international cooperation and solidarity projects in Central America and Spain. From his life experience he highlights the decolonial and community knowledge of Abya Yala.
Franco-Algerian feminist and anti-racist. Studied cultural mediation in Paris. He has worked for several street associations and foundations on issues related to social change, democracy and migrant justice for more than 20 years. Student of the POPS (programme oriented towards subaltern artistic practices), she participates in the anti-racist movement in Spain and is very interested in the decolonial artistic practices, the poetry of Kateb Yacine and the music of Rachid Taha. Also, in investigating the holes of memory, of torn-out languages and untold stories.
Director of Communications and Strategic Alliances Journalist, specialist in institutional communication and digital marketing. He has worked for more than 20 years in social and business organisations, and in the media of Latin America and Spain. Focused on finding innovative ways and alliances for the actual practice of equality, diversity and anti-racism.
Activist of the Feminisms of the South and Social Justice. Master's degree in Gender and Communication from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires.
He has more than 10 years of experience working in the following areas political communication, project coordination and gender-sensitive journalism in the private, public and third sectors. It believes that all of the above is worthless if it is not put into practice. at the service of a fairer and more egalitarian society.
Nicaraguan, feminist. Communicator specialising in gender and children's rights.
He has worked as production company for TV and radio programmes in which the rights of children and adolescents. He has also worked in the private sector as communications and public relations consultant.
Committed to gender equality, uses communication as a tool to promoting social change.
At Narratives and Knowledge House we shape the collective voice of Calala.
We carry the institutional communication, the linking with individual donors and the strategic alliances with the private sector, weaving feminist and anti-racist narratives that inspire, connect and transform.
At Home Organisational Development and Care we are responsible for coordinating and implementing administrative and organisational procedures that ensure robust and efficient management of existing resources. We activate systems for monitoring, evaluation, and learning and we follow up on our Theory of change. We run the care policy for the well-being of the team and procedures associated with the management of the organisation's human resources.
Nicaraguan, anti-racist feminist and social worker. Decided advocate for women's right to abortion. Ally of sex workers in the struggle for their rights.
She has been a consultant evaluating cooperation projects, carrying out social diagnostics and research.
She holds a PhD in Feminist Studies from the University of Zaragoza. He is currently involved in the anti-racist movement in Spain.
A worker of the other possible worlds, she has worked in the more than twenty-five years in foundations and organisations dedicated to mobilising resources to defend rights and denounce privileges.
Historian with a Master's and Postgraduate Degree in Gender Policies and Specialist in Social and Solidarity Economy.
Committed to and in resistance with popular and diverse women life-supporting and life-sustaining Latin American feminist movements.
Chilean feminist Occupational Therapist, BA in Human Occupational Science, MA in Women's, Gender and Citizenship studies specialist in women, work and public policy.
Trained in sexuality, human relations and reunion therapy, Biodanza facilitator.
She has worked for more than 12 years in the field of mental health, social integration and well-being of women.
Moroccan, graduate in Business Administration and Management and Master in Innovation and Digital Transformation.
Specialist in administrative and financial management, with more than 4 years of experience in different entities of the third social sector. Committed to continuous improvement and to the promotion of anti-racist feminism, applying strategic and innovative approaches that strengthen both the sustainability and social impact of the projects in which it participates.
Technician in Accounting Administration and Finance. She has worked in the private sector as an administrative assistant and accountant during more than 7 years.
Committed to expressing and promoting gender equality.
We declare that the members of our governing body (board of trustees) do not hold office in the same institution (political party, trade union, business group, religious congregation or public administration) apart from the Calala Women's Fund Foundation.
A feminist and lesbian activist, she has been working with women's groups in Spain for more than thirty years.
His political activity dates back to the last years of Franco's dictatorship, when he was a member of the leading role in the Communist Movement.
She participated in the creation of the Coordinadora Feminista de Cataluña and was founder of the Colectivo de Feministas Lesbianas de Madrid. In 2004 he received the Margarita Borrás Award for her defence of the rights of sexual minorities.
Salvadoran resident in Madrid. Professional in International Relations with postgraduate degrees in Development Cooperation and Local Development and Evaluation of Programmes and Public Policies.
He has complementary training in Human Rights, Gender, Humanitarian Aid, International Development Cooperation and Human Rights.
It has more than 12 years of experience working with different NGOs and international cooperation organisations.
Graduate in Journalism, with training in Gender and Development and Culture of Peace. Training in group facilitation at Fil a l'Agulla. She was for 11 years Executive Director of Calala Women's Fund.
She is currently Operational Director of the Metzineres cooperative, which offers shelter to women who survive multiple forms of violence.
Like feminist activist, participates in local groups such as Dones x Dones and Feministes Indignades, and has been a member of the International Network of Women in Black since 1996.
Born in Honduras her professional profile is versatile and multidisciplinary, she has acted as a coordinator carrying out administrative and project management work for the promotion and defence of the rights of the LGTBIQ+ community. in Honduras. He considers himself a sociable person, service-minded, collaborative and empathetic.
More from 20 years of experience in business development, sales management and team leadership in fast-growing technology companies. such as Google and LinkedIn, where it was the first woman hired in Spain. Today she is Director of Corporate Business, Governance and Academia at LinkedIn for Spain and Portugal. In 2021 she was one of the TOP 100 women leaders in Spain. Currently advises the Ministry of Economy and ADigital on Digital Competences, She publishes articles, offers master classes and promotes female talent as a mentor and patron of foundations such as Inspiring Girls.
Daughter of a family Galician peasant woman expelled from the countryside. Without university studies, she currently devotes herself to writing and research, focusing on the mechanisms of belonging and otherness, with a special interest in sexual difference and the memory of the rural diaspora. She has been Mercè Rodoreda Chair of Catalan Studies at New York University (CUNY), artist-in-residence at the Spanish Academy in Rome 2023-2024, and teaches at universities that would not accept her as a student. She is part of the Coordinadora do Macizo Central Ourensán against energy depredation.
Valenciana of birth, since 2004 he has been activist for the right to the city in the Barcelona neighbourhood movement. Involved in struggles for the defence of freedoms and rights on the web, He was active in the 15M movement, as well as in the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca.
From 2015 to 2019 he held the Ciutat Vella district councillor in the Barcelona government and that of Citizen Participation. Since 2019 it has taken up the activism for the right to the city, He has also studied philosophy. He collaborates with various media and has returned to technopolitical practices.
Cony, as she is socially known, has a extensive and recognised professional work, in his country of origin El Salvador, as well as in the Basque Country. , accompanying individual and collective empowerment processes with migrant and indigenous women.
Working for different NGOs and/or Associations. including MUNDUBAT, ASTI, Sortzen, Mujeres con Voz. City councils; Getxo, Urola Garai, Elorrio, Zumarraga, Basauri. International Institutions: Asaprosar, CARE El Salvador, World Conservation Union (IUCN). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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