We are a foundation founded in 2009 with the dream of Spanish and Central American women from promote the rights of women and LBTIQ+ community members in Central America and Spain.
Our support is materialized through the providing financial support, accompaniment and meeting spaces for cooperation, collective care and learning.
We prioritize migrant women's organizations, LBTIQ+, human rights defenders, people with functional diversity and other groups that tend to experience greater situations of discrimination or violence.
Calala's decolonial journey has been a path of consciousness, a constant challenge. that 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 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 other and we rely on the diverse capabilities we all have for collectively.
We are aware of the importance of care and look for ways to collectively put them into practice for the sustainability of life and our movements.
We recognize our privileges and we assume responsibility for to redress historical violence and redistribute resources, honoring the sovereignty and knowledge of bodies, communities and territories.
We actively listen 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 path makes its way through the various 6 points that lead us to the zenith: fulfill our vision.
This is our “Theory of Change“.
In House Movements we collaborate 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 hand in hand with collectives and organizations such as SCI or Hora, where he has learned about intersectional feminism, anti-racism, decoloniality, or reparation.
Very interested in supporting and caring for those who are on the front line. and who put their bodies in the defense of life.
Director of Organizational Development Degree in Political Science, holds a Master's degree in Program 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 (Women's Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation), as well as as well as in NGODs in Spain and Central America.
Argentina, feminist, vocational poet, journalist specializing 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 NGODs. and international organizations 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.
Enjoys learning, creating and listening
, The possible transformations are based on really seeing and understanding people in their astonishing diversity.
Salvadoran, feminist and anti-racist activist, whose commitment is focused on the defense of women's rights, ancestral peoples and sexual dissidence. Degree 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 of social change, democracy and migrant justice for more than 20 years. Student of the POPS (program oriented to 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 to investigate 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 organizations, and in the media of Latin America and Spain. Focused on the search for innovative ways and alliances for the actual practice of the equality, diversity and anti-racism.
Activist of the feminisms of the South and Social Justice. Master in Gender and Communication from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and BA in Political Science from the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
He has more than 10 years of experience working in the following areas political communication, project coordination and journalism with a gender perspective in the private, public and third sectors. He believes that all of the above is worthless if it is not put into practice. at the service of a more just and egalitarian society.
Nicaraguan, feminist. Communicator specialized in gender and children's rights.
He has worked as production company for TV and radio programs in which the following were promoted rights of children and adolescents. He has also worked in the private sector as communications and public relations consultant.
Committed to gender equity, uses communication as a tool to promote social change.
In Narratives and Knowledge House we shape the collective voice of Calala.
We carry the institutional communication, the linkage with individual donors and the strategic alliances with the private sector, weaving feminist and anti-racist narratives that inspire, connect and transform.
In Home Organizational Development and Care we are responsible for coordinating and executing administrative and organizational procedures that ensure robust and efficient management of existing resources. We activate systems of 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 organization's human resources.
Nicaraguan, anti-racist feminist and social worker. Decided defender of women's right to abortion. Ally of sex workers in the fight for their rights.
She has been a consultant evaluating cooperation projects, conducting diagnostics and social research.
She holds a PhD in Feminist Studies from the University of Zaragoza. He is currently involved in the anti-racist movement in Spain.
Worker of the other possible worlds, she has worked with more than twenty-five years in foundations and organizations dedicated to mobilizing resources to defend rights and denounce privileges.
Historian with a Master and Postgraduate Degree in Gender Policies. and Specialist in Social and Solidarity Economy.
Committed to and in resistance with popular and diverse women. and Latin American feminist movements.
Chilean feminist Occupational Therapist, B.A. in Human Occupational Sciences, M.A. in Women, Gender and Citizenship Studies specialist in women, labor and public policy.
Trained in sexuality, human relations and reunion therapy, Biodanza facilitator.
She has worked for more than 12 years in the mental health field, 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 and accounting assistant during more than 7 years.
Committed to expressing and promote gender equality.
We declare that the members of our governing body (board of trustees) do not hold any office in the same institution (political party, trade union, business group, religious congregation or public administration) other than 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, during which he occupied a leading role in the Communist Movement.
She participated in the creation of the Coordinadora Feminista de Cataluña and was a member of the founder of the Colectivo de Feministas Lesbianas de Madrid. In 2004 he received the Margarita Borrás Award for her defense of the rights of sexual minorities.
Salvadoran resident in Madrid. Professional in International Relations with postgraduate studies in Development Cooperation and Local Development and Evaluation of Programs 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 organizations.
Degree in Journalism, with training in Gender and Development and Culture of Peace. Undergoing Fil a l'Agulla's group facilitation training. She served for 11 years as Executive Director of Calala Fondo de Mujeres.
Currently, she is the 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 served as a coordinator performing administrative and project management tasks for the promotion and defense of the rights of the LGTBIQ+ community. in Honduras. He considers himself a sociable person, service-oriented, collaborative and empathetic.
More than 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 Competencies., She publishes articles, offers master classes and promotes female talent as a mentor and patron in foundations such as Inspiring Girls.
Daughter of a family Galician peasant woman expelled from the countryside. Without university studies, she is currently dedicated to writing and research, focusing on the mechanisms of belonging and otherness, with 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 neighborhood movement. Involved in struggles for defense of freedoms and rights in the network, He was an active member of the 15M movement, as well as in the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages.
From 2015 to 2019 he held the Ciutat Vella district councilor in the government of Barcelona and that of Citizen Participation. Since 2019 he has resumed the activism for the right to the city, He is also a philosophy student. He collaborates with various media and has returned to technopolitical practices.
Cony, as she is socially known, has a wide and recognized 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 native women.
Working for different NGOs and/or Associations. among them MUNDUBAT, ASTI, Sortzen, Mujeres con Voz. Municipalities; 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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