Amanda Klasing is the Americas researcher in the women’s rights division at Human Rights Watch. Her work has focused on women's and girls' right to health in post-earthquake Haiti, as well as on reproductive rights in the region.  

Previously, she has worked on indigenous rights in Mexico, transitional justice in Peru, and human rights abuses in the "War on Terror." She has also worked on immigrant rights and economic, social and cultural rights. Amanda served as principal investigator of the Right to Water Project in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, a joint project foundedby Partners in Health, the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, and the New York University School of Law. She continued to address issues related to the rights to water, food, and health in Haiti as the 2008-2010 Robert F. Kennedy Social Justice Fellow. Amanda earned her bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and anthropology from Southern Methodist University, a master’s in social sciences at the University of Chicago, and a law degree from New York University.