ESCR-Net Secretariat

The Secretariat is composed of a small team of staff members that supports the actions of the different working groups, and in general, implements the decisions of the Membership and the Board. The Secretariat is formed by:

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Program
		Chris Grove, Executive Director cgrove@escr-net.org Chris was appointed executive director in 2012, having served as an ESCR-Net program officer from 2004-2007, focused on corporate accountability, economic policy, and women and ESCR. He has facilitated political education, research, and grassroots organizing in the US, as well as Cambodia, India and Romania. Chris holds graduate degrees in international affairs (Columbia University) and anthropology (The Graduate Center, CUNY) and has taught courses in social theory, anthropology, history and human rights.
		Fernando Ribeiro Delgado, Program Coordinator, Strategic Litigation fdelgado@escr-net.org Fernando is the coordinator of the Strategic Litigation Working Group. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, he was involved in human rights litigation, fact-finding, research, and advocacy at several NGOs and academic institutions in Brazil and the United States. This work centered around tackling police and prison abuse, promoting indigenous land rights, and building access to justice. He holds a JD (Harvard Law School) and an AB in Public and International Affairs (Princeton University). He has taught courses on human rights advocacy, the inter-American human rights system, and human rights and criminal justice issues.
		Francesca Feruglio, Program Director fferuglio@escr-net.org Francesca is the coordinator of the Monitoring Working Group. Prior to ESCR-Net she has been involved in research, advocacy and capacity building with grassroots groups, international NGOs and academic institutions, in India, the UK and other European countries. Her work focuses on socioeconomic rights and issues around citizens’ participation in democratic governance. Francesca holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law (University of Galway, Ireland), and a BA in History and Anthropology (University of Padua, Italy).
collins_headshot.jpeg		Collins Liko, Program Coordinator, Economic Policy Working Group cliko@escr-net.org Collins is the coordinator of the Economic Policy and Human Rights Working Group. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, Collins was involved in advancing the economic and social rights of marginalized grassroots communities from a development and economic policy, and human rights lens. He possesses significant experience in research, capacity building, community organizing and movement building. Collins has been engaged in ESCR advocacy at different levels including the UN. He holds a BA in Sustainable Human Development -Social Sciences, from the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), a Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation from Africa Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) he is currently a Masters Student in Public Policy and Administration at Kenyatta University in Kenya.
		Patricia Miranda Wattimena, Program Coordinator, Environment and ESCR pwattimena@escr-net.org Patricia is the coordinator of the Environment and ESCR Working Group. She is a young Indigenous feminist with over 14 years of contributions to the collective struggles of Indigenous and feminist movements from the local to global level. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, she coordinated advocacy work and led the climate justice team of membership driven organisations working across Asia and the Pacific. Patricia has co-designed Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) with rural and Indigenous Women and coordinated global campaigns on Indigenous Peoples’ rights to land and self-determination. She holds a bachelor degree in criminal law, but more importantly is a product of the political resistance of her own community in Indonesia.
		Mona Sabella, Program Coordinator, Corporate Accountability Working Group msabella@escr-net.org Mona is the coordinator of the Corporate Accountability Working Group (CAWG). She previously worked in Geneva and Dublin as an advocate for the rights of communities and human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa. For several years, Mona led legal research and advocacy on corporate accountability and colonial practices of dispossession impacting human rights in Palestine, as well as serving on the CAWG Steering Committee. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (University of Essex) and BA in International Relations and Politics (Earlham College).
		Alejandra Scampini, Program Coordinator, Women and ESCR Working Group ascampini@escr-net.org Alejandra is the coordinator of the Women and ESCR Working Group. For more than 20 years, Alejandra has been a passionate feminist, advancing advocacy, movement building, and organizing for gender and economic justice in Latin America and globally. She is committed to ensuring that feminist demands and visions guide development debates and systemic alternatives. She has also worked as an advocate for corporate accountability and environmental rights. She holds a graduate degree in education (UCUDAL, Uruguay) and has completed courses on gender, development, and feminist theory.
		Emlyn Medalla, Legal Fellow, Strategic Litigation Working Group Emlyn is the Legal Fellow of the Strategic Litigation Working Group. She holds a JD from CUNY School of Law and a BA from CUNY Hunter College. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, Emlyn represented clients in vacating criminal records for survivors of exploitation. She has also been involved in providing immigration relief to survivors of intimate partner violence, and developing policy for the protection of domestic workers’ rights. She is a member of organizations advocating for human rights protections in the Philippines.
		Vanessa Coria Castilla, Program Coordinator, Monitoring vcoria@escr-net.org Vanessa is the coordinator of the Monitoring Working Group. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, she worked for two decades closely accompanying the struggles for social justice of survivors, women human rights defenders, communities and organizations, mostly through advocacy, litigation and research of human rights abuses. She has focused on incorporating decolonial feminist practices and methodologies to weave collective healing and resistance against multiple oppressions, primarily in Abya Yala (term given to the American continent by the Kuna people). Vanessa holds a MA in Development Studies with specialization in Gender, Human Rights and Conflict: Social Justice Perspectives (ISS- Erasmus University Rotterdam), a BA in Law (Tecnológico de Monterrey) and a Specialization in Epistemologies of the South (CLACSO).
		Evan King, Coordinator, System of Solidarity Prior to joining ESCR-Net, he spent several years engaged in international accompaniment and grassroots solidarity work in Colombia, where he documented human rights violations, accompanied land defenders and advocated for the protection of Black, Indigenous and Campesino communities resisting military occupation, corporate extractivism and dispossession. He holds a Masters degree in International Relations from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and has worked alongside feminist organizations, environmental justice movements and anti-colonial struggles in Honduras, Mexico, and Cuba.
Communications, Campaigns, and Membership
		Basma Eid, Campaign and Membership Director beid@escr-net.org Basma is the Campaign and Membership Coordinator. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, Basma worked on issues relating to the US immigration system, leading campaigns aimed at the abolition of the carceral system, including intersectional divestment campaigns. She has been involved in the immigrant worker justice movement, supporting the decriminalization of street vending and other precarious forms of work. She is deeply committed to indigenous liberation and has organized in solidarity with the Palestine refugee community in Lebanon since 2012. She received an MSc in Labor, Social Movements, and Development from SOAS in 2014. She is based in New York City.
		Zulekha Amin, Campaign and Membership Facilitator – Sub-Saharan Africa zamin@escr-net.org Zulekha is the Campaign & Membership Facilitator for Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, her work focused on ensuring the poor and marginalized communities in Kenya realize their socio-economic rights through public interest litigation, research and community organizing. She is passionate about socio-economic rights and has led campaigns on the right to education and the right to health in Kenya. Zulekha is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Master of Laws in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (University of Essex).
		Elena Villafuerte, Campaign and Membership Facilitator – Latin America and the Caribbean evillafuerte@escr-net.org Elena is the Campaign and Membership Facilitator for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, she has worked on advocacy, research and project management with NGOs in Mexico. Her work focuses on corporate accountability, indigenous peoples’ rights, labor rights and human rights defenders’ protection. Elena holds a Bachelor in Political Science and Public Administration and has Specialization studies on Negotiation and Management of Political and Social Conflicts, both from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
		Angélica Cuevas, Communications Coordinator acuevas@escr-net.org Angélica holds a Master's in Anthropology from The New School for Social Research and is a journalist and strategic communicator specializing in human rights, environmental issues and indigenous affairs. Angélica is interested in social movements, collective processes of historical memory interconnected with art, and the study of material culture linked to forced disappearance and extrajudicial executions in Colombia. She has worked and collaborated with different media outlets such as El Espectador, Vice News, Mutante, and organizations like the Gabo Foundation, Dejusticia, the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP), the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture, in Washington D.C and the Shipibo Conibo Center, in New York. Angélica is part of the Liana, a curatorial research collective that explores transfers between plants and humans with projects such as COCAWORLDS.
		Esther de la Rosa, Communications Director edelarosa@escr-net.org Esther is a Spanish journalist with over 20 years of experience using communications as a tool to effect positive social change. In Spain she hosted a community radio show dedicated to women’s struggles for equality, foregrounded under-reported women’s issues in the media and designed and conducted seminars and workshops on gender and communications. Based in New York since 2011, Esther has coordinated communications and developed social media strategy for several organizations. She has been a member of the International Network of Journalists with a Gender Perspective since 2005.
Administration
		Georgia Marman, Development and Learning Coordinator development@escr-net.org Georgia serves the role of Development Associate with ESCR-Net. Prior to joining the Secretariat, she was dedicated to the intersections between women’s rights, labour rights, extractive industries and the environment, working with various NGOs and as a consultant in Toronto, Argentina and Chile. She holds a Master of Arts in Anthropology and International Development (University of Guelph, Canada).
		Anne Treaba, Finance Coordinator atreaba@escr-net.org Anne is primarily responsible for bookkeeping and office administration for ESCR-Net. Before joining ESCR-Net, Anne worked as administrative and finance officer in the US and Australia, which included roles in budgeting and forecasting processes. She holds dual degrees in accounting and computer science from the University of New England, Australia.
		Greta Salazar de Villacis, Institutional Development Director gvillacis@escr-net.org Greta serves as the Institutional Development Director. In that role, she provides financial management, oversees logistics and events, and supervises administrative and development staff. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, Greta worked for several years as a paralegal and managed departmental coordination in previous positions. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in International Law, Institutions and Ethics.