Ada Colau

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Colau and the second or maternal family name is Ballano.
Ada Colau
Ada Colau Ballano picture
Colau in 2015
119th Mayor of Barcelona
Assumed office
13 June 2015
Preceded by Xavier Trias
Personal details
Born (1974-03-03) March 3, 1974 (age 50)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Political party Barcelona en Comú
Spouse(s) Adrià Alemany Salafranca
Children 1
Residence Barcelona
Occupation activist, writer
Website http://adacolau.cat/en
Twitter: @AdaColau; Facebook: ada.ballano

Ada Colau Ballano (Catalan: [ˈaðə kuˈɫaw]; Spanish: [ˈaða koˈlau]; Barcelona, 3 March 1974), is a spanish political and social activist, and the current Mayor of Barcelona since 13 June 2015, the first woman to hold the office.[1] Colau was one of the founding members and spokespeople of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (Platform for People Affected by Mortgages), which was set up in Barcelona in 2009 in response to the rise in evictions caused by abusive mortgage clauses and the collapse of the Spanish property market in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Early life

Ada Colau was born in Barcelona and grew up in the Guinardó neighbourhood. She went to school at the Santa Anna and Febrer Academies, and went on to study philosophy at the University of Barcelona. In spite of getting excellent marks, she had to leave because of the economic situation of her family. [2]

Platform for People Affected by Mortgages

Ada Colau was one of the founding members of the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) in 2009, and acted as the organization's spokeswoman until 2014. Colau rose to national prominence after calling a representative of the Spanish Banking Association “a criminal” while representing the PAH at a parliamentary hearing on the housing crisis in February 2013.[3] Colau supports the use of 'escraches', public protests outside the homes of government officials.[4] That same month, a Popular Legislative Initiative proposed by the PAH and supported by over 1,400,000 signatories was debated on the floor of the Spanish Congress. This was followed by a speech to the European Parliament Committee on Petitions in Brussels. In March, Madrid Government delegate Cristina Cifuentes of the People's Party accused Colau of supporting the Basque radical nationalist party Bildu.[5] Colau is coauthor of the book Mortgaged Lives, based on her experiences of grassroots campaigning and direct action with the PAH.[6]

Barcelona en Comú

On May 7, 2014 Ada Colau announced her resignation as spokesperson of the PAH.[7] Since June 2014 [8] she has been the main spokesperson for Barcelona en Comú (formerly known as Guanyem Barcelona),[9] a citizen platform standing in the May 2015 Barcelona municipal elections. She won a simple majority in the elections and on 13 June 2015 she became mayor with the favourable vote of an absolute majority of councillors.[10]

Awards

  • 2013 - Award Human Rights" Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival, This prize will be awarded to a personality or a group whose life and work has been intricately linked with the defence of human rights [11]
  • 2013 - Award for Defenders of Social Rights, Colau Ada and Rafael Mayoral,[12] representing the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (Platform for People Affected by Mortgages), for their continuing struggle for the legal right to a decent home, for their capacity to mobilize and citizen participation, and for their example of solidarity. Award from the media "Human Journalism".[13][14]
  • 2013 European Citizens' Prize (with the PAH) [15]
  • 2013 - United Women Prize from the Artistas Intérpretes, Sociedad de Gestión (AISGE).[16]

Publications

Books

  • 2012 - Ada Colau and Adria Alemany, Mortgaged Lives. Foreword by José Gerardo Pisarello and Coy, English Translation by Michelle Teran
  • 2013 - Ada Colau and Adria Alemany, Yes you can! Chronicle of a small great victory. Editorial Destination Collection Imago Mundi, 19 April 2013, ISBN 978-84-233-4690-5, 96 pp.[17][18]

Articles

References

  1. ↑ Amy Goodman, "From Occupying Banks to City Hall: Meet Barcelona’s New Mayor Ada Colau", Democracy Now, June 5, 2015.
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  11. ↑ [/ Toni Navarro director of the Festival gves the award of Human Rights to Ada Colau ‘Human Rights’], [1], 26/5/2013
  12. ↑ Entrevista a Rafael Mayoral, El desahucio es un problema colectivo, El País, 6 July 2011
  13. ↑ Defensores de Derechos Sociales, Ada Colau y Rafael Mayoral en representación de la PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca), Periodismo Humano, 3 May 2013
  14. ↑ Ada Colau y la PAH galardonadas por los Premios Defensores de Derechos otorgados por 'Periodismo Humano', Europa Press, 3/5/2013
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  16. ↑ Pilar Bardem entrega a Ada Colau el premio de los actores ‘Mujeres en Unión’, elplural.com, 5/6/2013
  17. ↑ Ada Colau, cuatro años de pelea por el derecho a una vivienda digna, 20/4/2013, La Marea
  18. ↑ Y Colau también estará en Sant Jordi, 19/4/2013, eldiario.es cat

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