AEWA Quality Assured Provider (Verified)

The Alliance for the Education of Women in Afghanistan is a global coalition of education providers, institutions, and partners working to ensure access to quality education for Afghan women and girls in contexts where formal systems are restricted or unavailable.

Established in response to the disruption of national education systems, AEWA operates as a coordinated ecosystem that supports independent and non-governmental learning providers through shared standards, quality assurance mechanisms, and peer recognition frameworks.

AEWA develops and maintains a common set of Learning Quality Standards, enabling providers to evaluate, improve, and demonstrate the quality of their educational programs. Through structured processes including self-evaluation, coaching, and peer-informed review, the Alliance promotes accountability, continuous improvement, and interoperability across learning pathways.

By aligning diverse providers within a shared framework, AEWA contributes to the development of a coherent, trusted system of education delivery for Afghan women and girls across multiple geographies and modalities.

This badge is awarded to learning providers that have successfully completed the AEWA Quality Assurance process and demonstrated alignment with the AEWA Learning Quality Standards.

To earn this badge, providers must:

1. Complete Structured Self-Evaluation

2. Conduct a formal self-assessment against all AEWA standards

3. Identify strengths, gaps, and priority areas for improvement

4. Engage in Guided Coaching Process

5. Participate in a structured coaching cycle including:

   • initial assessment
   • goal setting
   • development of a self-improvement plan
   • reflection and feedback

6. Work with an assigned AEWA coach to contextualize and implement standards

7. Develop and Implement Improvement Plan

8. Produce a documented self-improvement plan with:

   • clear goals linked to specific standards
   • defined actions, timelines, and resources

9. Demonstrate progress toward meeting identified standards

10. Provide Evidence of Alignment

11. Submit documentation demonstrating implementation across the five domains:

    • safeguarding and duty of care
    • qualified staffing and learning resources
    • needs-based program design
    • evidence-based delivery
    • monitoring, evaluation, and accountability

12. Undergo Review and Validation

13. Participate in AEWA’s peer-informed quality assurance process

14. Demonstrate alignment at a minimum “Fully Met” level across relevant criteria (or equivalent)