• 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 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

Disenfranchised Groups

World Learning identifies in-country partners and seeks out the hardest-to-reach groups and communities – often the most remote, rural and poor, and therefore largely unheard. Because those who are most affected by development problems usually have the best perspective on what solutions will work for them, World Learning listens to its partners' views and tailors training and technical assistance programs for them.

World Learning works with grassroots groups to better understand the social challenges communities face. Often this means partnering with those people who are largely excluded from public decision-making processes, namely the poor, minority groups, and especially women and children. Equipped with an understanding of partners' needs and desires, World Learning provides the logistical, technical, training, and moral support necessary to present a community’s views to those in power and fight for the transparent governance and recognition they deserve.  World Learning promotes the advancement of members of disenfranchised groups as leaders across civil society, government, and business sectors.