We are a collective of intergenerational advocates, practitioners, activists, experts and allies connected by a belief that justice must be co-created.
Team
and Geographical Footprints
Be a part of a dynamic team and a network of dedicated allies.
How it Began
“Future Rights was not born out of ambition — it was born out of discomfort, and a sense of responsibility I could no longer ignore.
It began in places where silence was loudest — in detention centres in Afghanistan, where boys recited their dreams through iron bars. In makeshift shelters where girls, survivors of violence and silence, whispered stories the world had already forgotten. In checkpoints and courtrooms, where children labelled as ‘migrants,’ ‘combatants,’ or simply ‘unwanted,’ were stripped of liberty because of who they were or where they came from.
I remember their faces — the exhaustion, the quiet defiance. Working with them, I realised the scale of what was broken. The system I was part of — the humanitarian and human rights machinery I once believed in — was not transforming reality, it was managing it. We spoke of protection, but built walls. We designed programs, but rarely shared power.
The world around us was hardening. Autocracies rising, civic spaces shrinking, impunity spreading like a quiet contagion. I felt powerless, and complicit — sheltered by privilege, watching systems preserve inequality in the name of order.
That realisation became my turning point. I could no longer accept a system that rewarded stagnation and called it stability. I knew we had to imagine alternatives — especially for children and youth living at the intersection of exclusion.
Future Rights was born from that reckoning — from the decision to say no to complicity and yes to courage. A space for lived experience to lead, for evidence to serve justice, and for those most affected to shape the systems meant to protect them.
In a world losing its sense of fairness, we chose to begin again — differently, and together.”
Zeudi Liew, Founder, Future Rights
How We Work
Future Rights APS is a non-profit organisation for social promotion, registered in Italy and governed by a transparent, flexible structure.
Our work is guided by:
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A Board of Directors ensuring compliance, ethics, and integrity.
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An Advisory Group of youth, experts, and allies shaping strategy.
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A Global Network of Collaborators who bring passion, not titles, to build real impact.
Together, we are rethinking how change happens — from local voices to global systems, from frustration to action.
Why We Exist
Future Rights exists to challenge injustice and reimagine power.
We create systems that listen — not impose; collaborate — not dictate.
Our purpose is simple yet radical:
To protect futures by putting leadership back into the hands of those who live the consequences.
We work alongside youth, adolescents, and grassroots changemakers, helping them turn their lived realities into strategies for social and systemic change.
Through the ELEVATE Model, we translate lived experience into evidence, solidarity, and action — building bridges between local movements and global accountability.
What We Believe
There can be no peace without justice, and no justice without participation.
The cracks in the humanitarian and human rights landscape call for bold alternatives, not minor reforms.
Future Rights stands for those alternatives — evidence-based, inclusive, and youth-led.
We are here to question what’s broken, to build what’s fair, and to ensure that every young person has the power to shape the world they inherit.
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Meet the Team
At Future Rights, diversity is not symbolic — it is the structure itself. We ensure balanced representation across age, gender, geography, and lived experience, grounding every decision in dialogue and equity
Zeudi Liew , Founder
Zeudi is a child protection expert with over a decade of experience in long-term protection, fragile environments, and development settings, focusing on programmes and policies including, but not limited to, children and youth affected by migration and conflict.
With Master’s degrees in Human Rights and Conflict Management, as well as in Behavioural Ecology as part of her Biology studies, Zeudi has started her career looking into water resource management through human rights based approach and conflict management in rural areas in Nepal, and since then she has devoted her career to amplifying the voices and defending the rights of young people across various regions, including the Middle East, Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Balkans, and Nepal, and more recently, in European contexts.
Her work ranges from grassroots initiatives to policy advisory roles, offering strategic guidance and capacity building to national authorities, NGOs, and UN agencies. Fluent in English, a native speaker of Italian, and proficient in French, she combines expertise in evidence-based research, programme management, and strategy design.
Zeudi is dedicated in bridging gaps between institutions, humanitarian organisations, and civil society actors, transforming research and practical experience into informed programmes, policies, and advocacy efforts.
Of half Chinese Malaysian and half Italian heritage, she embraces cultural diversity and creativity. She is passionate about the visual arts, writing, crafting homemade natural remedies with flowers and herbs, as well as climbing and practising yoga.
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Carlo Resta
Engineer and Researcher
Carlo is a researcher with a unique blend of expertise in civil engineering and a passion for the people who inhabit the spaces he studies. With a PhD from the University of Pisa, where he explored innovative data analysis methods to safeguard the iconic Tower of Pisa, Carlo’s curiosity goes far beyond the structures themselves.
He is about to begin a Master’s in Human Rights and Conflict Management at the Scuola Sant'Anna of Pisa, further broadening his scope towards global issues of justice and sustainability.
Now working as a freelance consultant, Carlo also shares his knowledge by teaching an introductory programming course to PhD students. Since 2015, he has been actively involved with Ingegneria Senza Frontiere (Engineering Without Borders), where he served as national director from 2018 to 2021. His international experience includes collaborating with El Comedor Estudiantil in Nepal on projects focused on safe water access and seismic resilience.
In his free time, Carlo enjoys singing, fixing things, and hiking—though he admits he is bad at yoga!
Giorgio holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Bologna and a Master’s in International Relations from Milan. He is passionate about international cooperation and aims to work as a Project Manager, particularly in projects focused on education and youth inclusion.He gained hands-on experience through the Universal Civil Service in Tirana, Albania (2023–2024), working with a local NGO on children’s rights, school activities, and fundraising. He also collaborated with a youth center offering informal education through creative arts, helping to build partnerships for international volunteer exchanges via the European Solidarity Corps.To deepen his skills, Giorgio completed a Master in EU Project Design and a specialized training on development project planning with the NGO VIS.Currently, he is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, volunteering as an Assistant Project Manager for Caritas Czech Republic through the European Solidarity Corps – Humanitarian Aid program, where he focuses on project development, monitoring, and reporting.In his free time, Giorgio enjoys exploring new cuisines, binge-watching TV series, and spending time with animals.
Giorgio Alfonso De Santis
Junior Project Assistant and Proposal Writer
Namawejje hajarah is a dedicated survivor advocate at Mutera global healing and an Ignite Philanthropy (SPROUT) fellow with two years of experience advocating for survivors of sexual violence. She is passionate about child safety and wellbeing holding a bachelor's degree in community development and social justice. As an advocate for change, she remains committed to creating a safer, more supportive environment for vulnerable populations.
She has recently co-founded Hand Against Child Marriage.
In her free time, she enjoys reading novels for children which inspires her to continue advocating for their rights and wellbeing. She also enjoys listening to soothing music that brings comfort and peace in her life.
Namawejje Hajarah
Survivor Advocate for Social and Gender Justice
Nadia Bamoshmoosh
Legal Researcher and Advocate for Human Rights
Nadia is the project officer of the Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. Her background as an Italian-Yemeni young woman has shaped Nadia's identity. Indeed, with a passion for research and advocacy on topics related to migration, women and vulnerable people's rights, Nadia is committed to be the voice for the voiceless and empower individuals and communities at a local and international level.
Nadia holds a Law degree and a Master in Human Rights, the same for which she is now working. During her academic career she has volunteered for many associations, including Good World Citizen, a Florence-based organization which promoted a multicultural and human rights-oriented society. She also volunteers as the Advocacy and Active Citizenship Lead for FEMYSO, to promote Muslims youth's rights across Europe. Also, in the last two years Nadia has also interned for many renowned organizations and research institutes, including INTERSOS with which she was deployed in the Iraqi Kurdish region, and IAI, one of the most important Italian think tanks.
In her free time, Nadia enjoys travelling, discovering new areas of the world whenever she can!
Heather is a social media strategist and digital storyteller with 8+ years of experience in content creation, digital marketing, and community building. She is passionate about using communication as a tool for social impact and advocacy. Based in Barcelona, she supports Future Rights APS as Youth Communications Coordinator. With experience in social justice communications, she amplifies youth-led movements, designing content that drives visibility, engagement, and solidarity. She believes in the power of digital tools to shift narratives, connect communities, and support change.
Heather Johns
Social Media Strategist
Alice is a student at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, pursuing a master's degree in Human Rights and Conflict Management. After obtaining a degree in International Studies at Leiden University, in The Hague, Netherlands, and completing a minor programme in Middle Eastern Studies in Cairo, Egypt, she is now deepening her knowledge of the humanitarian field.
She is passionate about human rights, migration, gender issues and political activism, especially focusing on the MENA region. During her time in the Netherlands, she has been active in the MENA student association and committed to activism for student rights. As she obtained her BA, she had the opportunity to volunteer in the field with people on the move along the Balkan route, working in advocacy and providing humanitarian assistance. Along with the master’s, she is now writing articles about international relations for online platforms.
In her free time, Alice loves travelling to discover new cultures, taking pictures, hiking and horse riding in the mountains!
Alice Lucchini
Master Student in Human Rights and Conflict Management
Giulia Desideri
Master Student in Human Rights and Conflict Management
Giulia is an Italian student with a multidisciplinary background in global governance and human rights. She is currently enrolled in the Master’s program in Human Rights and Conflict Management at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, where she focuses on international law, humanitarian protection, and conflict resolution.
Over the past few years, she has gained hands-on experience in various contexts—including Nigeria, Spain, and Italy—working with migrant former minors, homeless people, and displaced communities. She has designed and led educational programs in emergency settings, while also providing social support, reintegration assistance, and frontline aid to migrants.
With a strong interest in child protection and forced migration, Giulia combines academic research with practical engagement to promote inclusion, dignity, and social justice.
Passionate about environmental issues, she is actively involved in the scouting movement and various volunteer initiatives. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and exploring new hobbies—from theatre to crochet—with a creative and curious spirit.
Niamh Purcell
Climate Justice Advisor & Youth Activist
Niamh is an 18-year-old climate justice advisor and youth activist from southeast Ireland, passionate about advancing children and young people’s participation in environmental governance. She works with the Right to a Healthy Environment Campaign at the Council of Europe, serves as a Youth Climate Justice Advisor for the Children’s Rights International Network (CRIN), and is a personal advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, with whom she co-hosts ClimateRights4Kids. A Social Science student in Ireland, Niamh has written extensively on youth participation in climate policy and is the author of “Being The Solution”, a book exploring the power of youth voice in climate justice.
Niamh began her activism in 2021 with the Irish Schools’ Sustainability Network (ISSN) and later became a Young Advisor for Ireland’s first Children and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, helping to design and facilitate the process that produced 58 Calls-to-Action for the Irish Government. She has since spoken at major national and international conferences — including the International Conference on Youth Climate Justice (UCC/UN) — and continues to advocate for intergenerational and environmental rights, guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Irene Ronda
Youth Engagement Lead, Future Rights Arena
Irene holds a Degree in Criminology and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Human Rights and Conflict Management at the Scuola Superiore di Pisa. She has a special interest in child protection and migration, shaped by her experience working in a home for unaccompanied minors in the Canary Islands and by her involvement in the Children and Young People’s Association at her university in England. She is currently completing an internship with COOPI Ecuador.
A committed volunteer since the age of fifteen, she has contributed to community projects across Morocco, the Netherlands, Ecuador, and Spain: from teaching Spanish and supporting food banks to helping build public parks and creating recreational spaces for refugee children.
Political activism remains at the center of her life. She participates in organizing assemblies, political theory discussion groups and local protests among other things. One of her core values: amplifying marginalized voices and promoting evidence-based approaches. Irene believes deeply in the possibility of a more just world, a belief that guides every step of her academic, activist, and professional path.
Mireya M. Sosa Navarro
Student of International Business Administration | Youth Activist | Independent Muralist
Mireya Sosa Navarro is a Peruvian youth activist and university student committed to human rights, environmental justice, and community-based advocacy. She is currently studying Administration and International Business at Universidad Continental, developing leadership and strategic skills with a social impact focus.
She is an active member of Red Interquorum Pasco, a youth network officially recognised in Peru for its work in civic engagement and public policy advocacy. In 2024, Mireya served as a spokesperson for the network, leading advocacy efforts on human rights and environmental justice in Cerro de Pasco, one of Peru’s most environmentally affected cities. That same year, she and her team received the Operation Daywork Human Rights Prize (Bolzano, Italy) for their local and international work defending environmental and human rights.
Her activism is grounded in the lived realities of her community, particularly the long-term impacts of environmental degradation on public health and fundamental rights. She has contributed youth perspectives in regional and international spaces on environmental rights and social justice.
Alongside her advocacy, Mireya is an independent muralist, using public art to promote social awareness, memory, and resistance. Through her work, she integrates art and activism to advance youth leadership, human dignity, and environmental justice in territories historically affected by environmental injustice.
INFLUENTIAL ALLIES ON AN AD-HOC BASIS
Roberta Grandinetti
Responsible workshops and Expert digital comms tools
Roberta Grandinetti works in the fields of communication, writing, and digital culture. With over 18 years of experience in marketing and communication, she now focuses on the relationship between children, adolescents, and digital technologies, combining her professional expertise with the study of developmental and educational psychology. Through writing projects and workshops, she explores the potential of words as tools for expression, reflection, and awareness, aiming to foster a more balanced and sustainable relationship with the digital world.
Bimol Bhetwal
Development, Humanitarian Aid Practitioner
Ally transitioning into Advisory Group
With two decades of dedicated experience in development and humanitarian work, Bimol has been a strong advocate for the rights and well-being of children and young people, focusing on areas such as education, protection, gender equity, and freedom from violence. His career spans collaborations with national and international organizations, including work with key regional and global networks like the South Asia Coordination Group against Violence Against Children and MenEngage Alliance. As a Program Director for ChildFund Japan in Nepal, Bimol leads impactful child-centered programs, fostering partnerships with governments, civil society, and grassroots organizations to create lasting, community-led change for children and youth.
Durga Rawal
Female Trekking Guide & Future Rights Ambassador
Durga Rawal
Ambassador, Future Rights – Nepal
Born and raised in Bham Bada, Mugu District — a remote area of Western Nepal near Rara Lake — Durga Rawal grew up in a traditional Hindu family where girls were rarely sent to school. Despite early challenges and years working in the fields, Durga followed her determination to chart a different path.
Through training opportunities with local NGOs and her passion for the mountains, Durga became one of Nepal’s few female Himalayan trekking guides, a field once reserved for men. Overcoming discrimination and barriers, she has now been a registered trekking guide for over 18 years and is the founder of Durga Female Trek Nepal Pvt. Ltd., established in 2021.
Durga has completed extensive professional training in trekking, rock and ice climbing, leadership, and mountaineering, and has represented Nepal in international leadership exchanges.
As Ambassador for Future Rights, Durga advocates to end child and early marriage and to empower women and girls across Nepal — inspiring others to challenge norms, pursue education, and find strength in their own paths.
Monia D'Amico
Project Management Specialist
Monia D’Amico is project manager for the Italian National Fire and Rescue Service (CNVVF).
She offers Future Rights more than 20 year-experience in project and programme management, for private and public bodies, with academia as well as militaries in the field of development, emergency preparedness and capacity building. She is specialised in civil protection scope, training and general management (needs assessment, reporting, designing of activities such as table-top, small and full exercises, international conferences etc).
She brings her experience in some MENA countries (Jordan, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco…) and Ghana. She was the office coordinator of the “International Training Programme for Conflict Management” of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa, Italy, in the field of peace-keeping, peace-building and democratisation process.
She studied some languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Slovak and Arabic) and used to volunteer in the field of cooperation to development (child education and assistance in Nepal, disabled children in Egypt, social responsibility in Morocco etc.). Monia plays drums and likes very much travelling, trekking, cooking and sewing. She practises yoga.
Kanchan Kapoor
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Kanchan Kapoor is an ACCA-qualified finance professional with 20 years of leadership experience in NGO financial management across South-East Asia, Europe, and Africa. She
has dedicated her career to social protection and human rights, with a particular focus on
child protection, youth, and caregiver empowerment.
A British national based in Paris, Kanchan previously lived in Cambodia and Thailand, where
she served as CFO and Deputy Executive Director for 18 years for a high-impact INGO. She
specialises in financial management, strategic oversight, financial sustainability, budgeting,
reporting, and presenting complex financial data in an accessible way.
Kanchan has successfully managed funding from major donors, including UNICEF, USAID,
GFATM, ADB, and the EU. She is skilled at designing financial systems that balance compliance with operational realities, strengthening financial governance, mitigating risks, and embedding safeguarding into financial frameworks to ensure impact without exploitation.
With a human-centred approach, Kanchan values humility and continuous learning. She
believes that financial systems should serve the people and communities at the heart of an
organisation’s mission—ensuring accountability, adaptability, and long-term sustainability.
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Anouk Vallée
Human Rights and Environmental Law Expert
Anouk is a Human Rights and Environmental Law expert with hands-on experience in protection, humanitarian settings, and environmental protection, focusing on programs, policies and legal aspects.
With a Master’s in European and International Law from the University of Grenoble, Anouk has a decade of experience in refugees’ protection, with expertise on Refugee Law, project management, coordination, quality assessment and counselling. Anouk started a career as a refugee status determination expert with the French Government, before joining the UN Refugee Agency in Eritrea where she managed resettlement programs and provided protection-based responses to urban and camp-based refugees. Anouk also worked for the European Asylum Agency where she conducted legal research, offered strategic guidance and capacity building to EU Member States and asylum experts in the Greek Hotspots. As a consultant for UNHCR, Anouk conducted quality assessment of the asylum process in France to provide counsel and guidance.
Human Rights and Environment being linked, Anouk completed a Diploma on Environmental Law at the University of Bordeaux to broaden her scope on the preservation of environment. She volunteered for a French NGOs to conduct legal research and draft a case on the lack of protection in marine protected areas. She also worked for a French local government to ensure legal compliance and implementation of the European Fund for agricultural transition. Engaged in promoting sustainable ways of consumption since many years, Anouk has set up her own company to sell antique furnitures.
Being native speaker of French, fluent in English, and proficient in Spanish, Anouk likes working in multicultural environment and is culturally sensitive.
During her free time, she loves to travel, read, hike and run and is passionate about art, decoration and gardening
Davide Coltri
Education in Emergency Specialist
Davide is an Education in Emergencies Specialist with more than 10 years of experience in both the Middle East and Africa. Davide contributes to Future Rights with his experience as Technical Advisor, Programme Manager and Education Cluster Coordinator in Iraq, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Nepal, Turkey, Tanzania, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
He has also designed cross sectoral capacity building initiatives, awareness raising events on the importance of MHPSS in emergency settings, and management of safe and learning spaces for adolescent and children. Davide loves hiking, developing memes and writing.
Dr. Caitlin Procter
Academic researching on youth, conflict and irregular migration
Caitlin is an academic specialising in youth, conflict and irregular migration. An anthropologist by training, she is a part-time Professor at the Migration Policy Centre at the EUI, and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peace-building at IHEID. She brings to Future Rights her research experience with children, youth and their families in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and North East Syria. Alongside her academic work Caitlin consults primarily for UNRWA, UNHCR and UNICEF. Caitlin loves singing, hiking and visiting friends scattered around the world
Giovanna Vio
Child Protection Specialist
Giovanna is a Child Protection Specialist with nearly 20 years of progressive experience working as child rights and child protection technical advisor and programme manager in humanitarian responses and in fragile countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. An experienced humanitarian practitioner, her approach is firmly grounded in the promotion and implementation of rights-based approaches to humanitarian and development work, with a focus on child protection. Giovanna’s technical expertise encompasses all areas of child protection in humanitarian action, with a particular focus on the protection of children affected by conflict, including girls and boys who live in active conflict, who are refugees, internally displaced, and migrants due to conflict.
Giovanna and Zeudi have worked together in implementing child protection programmes in humanitarian responses, together they are designing and delivering child protection training that feed into Future Rights.
Passionate about yoga, Giovanna loves travelling, reading, running, and spending a lot of time with her children. She holds double-nationality (Italian and British) and is fluent in Italian, English, French and Spanish.
Chiara Ceriotti
Child Protection Specialist
Chiara is a Child Protection Specialist with more than 15 years of experience in development and humanitarian settings. She worked as programme manager and technical advisor in several countries across Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East, mostly focusing on programmes that responded to the protection needs of children affected by conflict, displacement and migration. She collaborated with the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in advancing the commitments to prevention of harm to children and child protection minimum standards. Chiara supports Future Rights by providing advice and helping building connection, collaborated in designing, Chiara loves the sea, reading novels and long walks.
Davide Berselli
Senior Content- Communications Writer
Davide is a passionate communicator with a background in copywriting, SEO content creation, and social media management. He currently holds a permanent position at a hospitality supply company in Florence, where he manages digital content across multiple platforms. Following the publication of his debut novel with a Florentine publisher, Davide felt a renewed commitment to align his professional work with his values of justice, solidarity, and openness. With previous experience in the non-profit sector—including impactful roles with organizations such as Libera and ACLI—he is now eager to return to the world of social change, bringing with him strong storytelling skills and a deep belief in the power of communication to support meaningful causes.
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