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{{short description|Argentine human rights activist (1927-2016)}}

{{family name hatnote|Dematti|Alaye|lang=Argentine}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Adelina Dematti de Alaye

| image = AEDA-S9-1506 (1).jpg

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| caption = Alaye (far right) in conversation with a journalist, 1984

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|06|05}}

| birth_place = [[Chivilcoy]], [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]], Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|05|24|1927|06|05}}

| death_place = [[La Plata]], [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]], Argentina

| occupation = Activist, photographer

| education =

| known_for = Co-founder of [[Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo]]

| spouse =

| children =

}}

'''Adelina Ethel Dematti de Alaye''' (June 5, 1927 – May 24, 2016) was an Argentine [[human rights activist]] who co-founded the [[Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo]], an organization of mothers whose children disappeared during the [[Dirty War]] of the 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name=nacion>{{cite news|first=Rosaria |last=Marina |title=Falleció Adelina de Alaye, la "madre fotógrafa" |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1902232-fallecio-adelina-de-alaye-la-madre-de-plaza-de-mayo-fotografa |work=[[La Nación]] |date=2014-05-24 |access-date=2016-06-21 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624125456/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1902232-fallecio-adelina-de-alaye-la-madre-de-plaza-de-mayo-fotografa |archive-date=2016-06-24 }}</ref><ref name=dia>{{cite news|title=Falleció Adelina Dematti, una de las fundadoras de Madres de Plaza de Mayo de La Plata |url=http://www.eldia.com/la-ciudad/fallecio-adelina-dematti-138086 |work=[[La Nación]] |date=2014-05-24 |access-date=2016-06-21}}</ref> She became known as "la madre fotógrafa," or "the mother photographer," for her documentation of the Argentine dictatorship and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo through her [[photography]].<ref name=nacion/> Her collection was later declared a "Memory of the World" by [[UNESCO]].<ref name=nacion/><ref name=dia/> In addition to her work with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Dematti was also active within the [[Permanent Assembly for Human Rights]] (APDH).<ref name=nacion/><ref name=dia/>

==Biography==

Dematti was a native of [[Chivilcoy]], [[Buenos Aires Province]], where she was born in 1927.<ref name=nacion/> She lived in [[Carhué]], [[Azul, Buenos Aires|Azul]], and [[Brandsen]] before moving to [[La Plata]] with her family.<ref name=dia/>

Her 21-year-old son, Carlos Esteban, was kidnapped Onon May 5, 1977, while riding his bicycle in the [[Ensenada, Buenos Aires|Ensenada]] neighborhood of [[Buenos Aires]] during the Dirty War.<ref name=laplata>{{cite news |title=Falleció Adelina Dematti de Alaye, ejemplo de lucha |url=http://www.unlp.edu.ar/articulo/2016/5/24/fallecio_adelina_dematti_de_alaye_mayo_2016 |work=[[National University of La Plata]] |date=2014-05-25 |access-date=2016-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627164131/http://www.unlp.edu.ar/articulo/2016/5/24/fallecio_adelina_dematti_de_alaye_mayo_2016 |archive-date=2016-06-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The kidnappers, dressed in civilian clothing, were recognized as members of the [[Argentine Navy]].<ref name=dia/> Her son's disappearance led to her involvement with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.<ref name=dia/> Later on, she was engaged in [[Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora]].

In 2009, the [[National University of La Plata]] awarded Dematti an [[honorary doctorate]] for her activism on behalf of [[human rights]].<ref name=nacion/> She was also honored as an illustrious citizen by the cities of [[Chivilcoy]] and [[La Plata]].<ref name=nacion/><ref name=dia/>

Adelina Dematti de Alaye died in [[La Plata]], Buenos Aires Province, on May 24, 2016, at the age of 88.<ref name=nacion/>

==Works==

* {{cite book |url=http://www.saij.gob.ar/adelina-dematti-alaye-marca-infamia-asesinatos-complicidad-inhumaciones-cementerio-plata-ministerio-justicia-derechos-humanos-nacion-lb000059-2014-06/123456789-0abc-defg-g95-0000blsorbil |title=La marca de la infamia. Asesinatos, complicidad e inhumaciones en el cementerio de La Plata |year=2014 |publisher=Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Nación |ISBN=978-987-3720-03-1 }}

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