It's the Brian Laira show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

We are joined now by Agnes Kalamar, Secretary General of Amnesty International. This week in New York, an Amnesty International

delegation led by our guest, is calling for robust efforts to protect and advance the rights of

women and girls at the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. This is called

CSW 70 because of that. The delegation is

pressing for more access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence, meaningful

accountability for perpetrators, protection of sexual and reproductive rights, and stronger

safeguards for women human rights defenders. If you're thinking

Epstein here, if you're thinking Iran here, we will touch on both of those things, but also more.

Agnes Kalamara is here now to preview the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

and to talk about what Amnesty

International in particular is trying to do to advance the rights of women and girls worldwide,

including in Iran, Afghanistan, Gaza, China, and more, and yes, the United States.

Agnes, welcome to WNYC. Thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

You know, I actually want to begin with a clip that we played earlier in the show in another

context in which, as it turns out, your name got mentioned by the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

winner, Nargis Mohamedi, for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran

and her fight generally to promote human rights and freedom in that country.

As some of our listeners know, she has spent most of the past two decades in prison, in Tehran's notorious even prison. And I'm going to play a clip of Nargis

Muhammad from 2024 when she was out of prison for a short time. And listeners, you'll hear

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