• Civil Society and Governance
  • Civil Society and Governance Overview
  • Institutional Capacity Building
  • Civic Education
  • Citizen Participation
  • Advocacy
  • Democratic Governance
  • Grants Solicitation and Management Capacity
  • Women's and Minority Rights
  • Disenfranchised Groups
• Education
  • Education Overview
  • Basic Education
  • Higher Education
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • Education for Vulnerable Groups
• HIV/AIDS
  • HIV/AIDS Overview
  • HIV/AIDS Prevention
  • Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
  • Grants Solicitation and Management Capacity
  • Institutional Capacity Building
• International Visitors Exchanges
  • International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges Overview
  • Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Exchanges
  • Professional Exchanges
  • Youth Exchanges
• Capacity Development and Training
  • Capacity Development and Training Overview
  • Participant Training
  • Institutional Capacity Building
  • Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Exchanges
  • Grant Solicitation and Management Capacity
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Civil Society and Governance

Women's and Minority Rights

World Learning works with communities, civil society organizations (CSOs), media, the private sector, elected bodies, and government institutions to better understand the social challenges women and minorities face. Equipped with an understanding of needs and desires expressed by women and minorities, World Learning provides the logistical, technical, training, and moral support necessary to present their views to those in power and fight for the transparent governance and recognition they deserve. World Learning promotes the advancement of women and minority group members as leaders across civil society, government, and business sectors. 

World Learning programs have addressed issues including rights of women under family laws, increasing women's political representation and access to economic opportunities, land rights for ethnic minorities, interfaith relations, human trafficking, conflict transformation, access to education in minority languages, and girls education. 

Program approaches typically include:

• research and awareness raising to increasing understanding of the issues;
• training for women and minority group members so that they can better advocate for their own interests;
• support for CSOs that represent women and minorities;
• engaging government institutions and elected leaders;
• and multi-stakeholder forums that allow women, minorities, and allies from civil society, media, government, and the private sector to develop cooperative approaches to rights protection.