More About MWAI

MWAI was established in 1996 by Shirley Miske, Ph.D., who continues to serve as President and Senior Consultant. Under her leadership, the firm has expanded its portfolio from Latin America, Asia, and North America to Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Central Europe. The scope of the company's outreach has grown significantly during the past 10 years. MWAI has increased its diversity of talent while choosing to remain small enough that associates with specific skills, knowledge, and talents can be selected to work on new projects. By remaining a small firm, Miske continues to oversee each phase of work the firm undertakes.

MWAI works extensively on girls' education programming and on developing gender-responsive organizations through gender mainstreaming. The firm has consulted on girls' education and gender with numerous organizations. These include: CARE, International (Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative); with the US Agency for International Development (e.g., CIDE Evaluations in Malawi, Guatemala, and Pakistan for the study More, But Not Yet Better and for EQUATE in Zambia); and with UNICEF country offices, regional offices, and headquarters.

MWAI also has years of experience in conducting research on language of instruction issues; on program design and implementation (e.g., the USAID-funded Malawi Teacher Training Activity and the Primary School Support Project: School Fees Pilot); and on program evaluation in various countries.

MWAI associates are multilingual and bring expertise to the firm in policy, research, and evaluation in education and gender equity, mother tongue instruction, and intercultural development. By remaining a small firm, Miske continues to oversee each phase of work the firm undertakes.

One commitment of the firm is to mentor new associates, especially colleagues from developing countries, into this work of developing education systems internationally, which Miske and senior associates do on a regular basis.