Gender and Disability Mainstreaming in TVET: Towards Gender-Transformative and Disability-Inclusive TVET Systems in Kenya

This publication provides a comprehensive roadmap for integrating gender equality and disability inclusion into Africa’s TVET systems. It outlines persistent inequalities affecting women, girls and persons with disabilities, citing systemic barriers such as inaccessible infrastructure, unsafe learning spaces, discriminatory norms, lack of female instructors, weak data systems and inadequate institutional capacity (pages 6–12). The guide synthesises AUDA-NEPAD’s GTA framework and disability-inclusive approaches, offering practical tools, self-assessment matrices, institutional action steps and policy recommendations. It promotes intersectional analysis, inclusive pedagogy, safe reporting mechanisms, leadership accountability, OPD engagement and partnerships to build equitable, transformative TVET ecosystems across the continent.