Daphne Jayasinghe is the International Rescue Committee’s chief policy adviser for economic programs. She leads IRC’s work influencing economic policy impacting on refugees and migrants such as job creation and cash relief programs. Daphne specializes in gender and women’s rights and is currently the co-chair of the UK Gender and Network and former Women’s Rights policy adviser for ActionAid UK. She also served as Amnesty International USA's advocacy director for Women's Human Rights in D.C. where she worked on legislation on violence against women and maternal health. Prior to that Daphne worked on U.K. government and European Union policy development as a civil servant.