Together Against GBV: KISE and World Bank Champion Safe Spaces for Learners with Disabilities

Together Against GBV: KISE and World Bank Champion Safe Spaces for Learners with Disabilities

NAIROBI, Kenya — August 14, 2026
By Stella Ranji 

A stronger call to protect learners with disabilities from gender-based and sexual violence took centre stage today as the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), in partnership with the World Bank, convened a sensitization forum focused on creating safer and more inclusive learning environments.

Held under the theme “Together Against GBV: Creating Safe Spaces for All Learners,” the forum brought attention to the urgent need to prevent gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV) against learners with disabilities and strengthen systems that safeguard their dignity, rights and wellbeing.
The initiative underscores the importance of ensuring that disability is never a barrier to protection. Learners with disabilities can face heightened vulnerabilities to abuse, exploitation and violence, making awareness, prevention and accessible reporting mechanisms essential within schools and communities.

Through the forum, KISE and the World Bank are reinforcing the message that creating safe schools is a shared responsibility. Teachers, education officials, parents, caregivers, learners and communities all have a role to play in identifying risks, challenging harmful practices and ensuring that survivors can access appropriate support.
The sensitization forum also provides an opportunity to strengthen conversations around inclusive safeguarding, encouraging education stakeholders to place protection at the heart of efforts to improve learning outcomes for children and young people with disabilities.

For learners, a safe learning environment means more than access to classrooms and educational resources. It means being able to learn without fear, harassment, exploitation or discrimination.
As stakeholders continue the fight against GBSV, the partnership between KISE and the World Bank sends a powerful message: every learner deserves to learn, grow and thrive in safety, dignity and respect.

The forum marks another step towards building education spaces where inclusion is not only about opening doors to learners with disabilities, but also about ensuring that those doors lead to environments where every learner is protected and valued.

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