FUTURE RIGHTS
EMPOWERING -PROTECTING
THE GENERATIONS
OF TODAY AND TOMORROW
We empower and connect the voices of marginalised youth and adolescents
to share their experiences
address challenges
and build solutions
in the field of human rights, social justice, climate change and protection.
THE PROBLEM — WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST
Around the world, young people live at the heart of crisis and change — yet too often, they’re treated as bystanders to decisions that define their future.
Democracies struggle to engage youth in shaping policies.Intergenerational dialogue has weakened.Local and marginalised youth voices are drowned out by louder, well-funded narratives.
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We see this every day:
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Poor youth and adolescent engagement in democratic processes — the systems that should listen, don’t.
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Weak intergenerational dialogue — generations talk about each other, not to each other.
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Limited inclusion of marginalised and vulnerable children and youth — those with the most at stake are the least represented.
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Neo-colonial narratives in participation and education — external voices still define what “leadership” looks like.
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Chronic underfunding of local youth- and child-focused initiatives — ideas thrive locally but die without support.
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Youth excluded from peace and security discourses — treated as victims, not as peacebuilders.This isn’t a gap. It’s a pattern — one that silences youth and sustains inequity.
OUR RESPONSE — HOW WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM
Future Rights exists to break olds pattern.
We are a catalyst for justice, participation, and accountability — working with children, youth, and civil society to shift power back to those who live the realities of change.
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Our approach is twofold:
The ELEVATE Model of Action and Support
It’s how we turn ideas into impact: through evidence, collaboration, and intergenerational leadership.
A partnership and service system that powers youth- and child-led initiatives with what they need most — resources, visibility, accountability, and connection.
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The ELEVATE Learning Approach
Because transformation starts with how people think.
We build justice-driven mindsets — helping youth, institutions, and allies learn together about power, participation, and evidence.
It’s not a training , yet it’s a rethinking of how change happens, and who leads it.
We teach systems thinking, participatory evidence— because change that lasts must also learn as it grows.
Together, these two halves — Model and Learning Approach — form a cycle:
Learning → Action → Reflection → Evidence → Systemic Change
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OUR IMPACT — A COLLECTIVE SHIFT OF POWER
We create space where none was given — and fill it with youth voices shaping justice, peace, and sustainability.
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At the grassroots: local, youth-led movements drive solutions for social and environmental justice.
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Across generations: intergenerational dialogue and shared leadership bridge experience with innovation.
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In the system: evidence, learning, and data-driven advocacy build accountability from the ground up.
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Globally: youth-led models influence policy, reframe funding, and redefine what leadership looks like.
We don’t speak for young people;
We hold the platform steady while they lead.
We don’t simplify complexity — we make it human.
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We are building futures grounded in justice, powered by evidence, and led by youth
YOUTH AND CHILD RIGHTS, PROTECTION AND PARTICIPATION
in the field of
DURABLE SOLUTIONS, FORCED MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT
ARMED CONFLICT , PEACE AND SECURITY
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ALTERNATIVE CARE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES
MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY​​​
OUR PARTNERS AND ALLIES
