Amanda Klasing is the National Director of Government Relations and Advocacy at Amnesty International USA. She leads a team of advocacy directors and fellows and engages with the US government on global human rights issues and to advance a human rights policy agenda. Prior to joining Amnesty International USA, she launched and lead the US Democracy Initiative in 2022 and co-led the Women’s Rights Division from 2018-2021 at Human rights Watch, where she was also a fellow, and senior researcher. This role was focused on economic and social rights, sexual and domestic violence, reproductive rights and the impact of structural racism on women’s health outcomes, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.  She is also a co-founder of the Human Rights Methodology Lab, a collaboration that fosters innovation to improve human rights research methodologies across disciplines.