Chryspin Afifu Onkoba (he/him) is a Gender, Public Policy, Governance, and GESDI Specialist. He serves as the Gender Specialist at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Africa. He brings close to two decades of experience undertaking multidisciplinary research, baselines, assessments, impact studies, evaluations, situational analyses, and systematic secondary data reviews across social, economic, health, and political sectors. His technical expertise spans women’s economic opportunity and security, care economy, social protection, childcare systems, informal economies, gender-responsive budgeting, reproductive health and gender-transformative policy and program design. Since October 2019, Chryspin has led and co-led flagship research and evidence-to-action initiatives at the ICRW Africa hub, including work on advancing the care economy, strengthening social protection evidence use in Kenya and Uganda, improving childcare ecosystems in Kenya, and expanding women’s participation in manufacturing and the energy sector. He also leads in the convening of the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Community of Practice, connecting a global consortium of over 90 organizations across academia, government, civil society, and the private sector. Beyond the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Chryspin has supported national and county governments and development partners to craft and implement gender-responsive policies, strategies, and action plans, and to strengthen institutional systems for inclusive governance and accountability. His portfolio includes engagements with the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the World Bank Group (WBG), the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), and other partners committed to dismantling structural barriers to women’s rights and economic agency.