World Bank accused of ‘turning blind eye’ to sexual abuse in Kenyan schools it funded

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It said that it had ended the contracts of the teachers accused of abuse, filed reports with the police, offered the victims psychosocial support, and engaged with the children’s parents and communities over the incidents.

David Pred, executive director of Inclusive Development International, an organisation that advocates for communities harmed by investment projects, said the IFC had “turned a blind eye to these risks, even when incidents of child sexual abuse were reported”.

IFC did not give a reason for the divestment, but it coincided with the bank’s broader policy of withdrawing funding for private, fee-charging schools.

Diop was responding by letter on 16 November to 32 civil society organisations that have called for an independent investigation into the IFC’s handling of the Bridge case.

US senators Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch wrote to the bank in October expressing their concerns over the Bridge case, and backed calls for an independent investigation.

CAO staff, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told the Guardian that their investigations had a “long history of pushback” from World Bank management.

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