As Program Manager at the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse [8] (ANPPCAN), Alvin Winford has worked on a number of programs that aim to mitigate gender-based violence in local Liberian communities.
During his CSP fellowship, Alvin worked with Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence [9]in San Jose, California where he worked on and was trained in grant writing, case management, advocacy and counseling.
Upon returning to Liberia, Alvin implemented his follow-on project which strived to increase women and girl participation in local political decision-making and decrease violence against women. He implemented a series of trainings targeting both women and men on the importance of female political participation as well as domestic violence awareness and included a monthly community meeting designed to monitor and prevent violence against women and girls. Eighty-two women and 58 men were reached during the trainings. All project components were implemented through ANPPCAN and will be scaled up to eight additional communities in 2013.
Front Page Africa: The Need to Elect Child Friendly and Gender Sensitive Candidates During the 2011 Elections [10]
Next Door blog: Restoring the Lost Hope, Opening the Next Door Experience [11]