Unverified non-profit organisation

Sentro NG Alternatilong Lingap Panligal (Alternative Legal Assistance Center of Bikol) conducts legal work with farmers, workers, the urban poor, women and local communities and works towards the their empowerment.

The organisation runs five sectoral programmes (women, labour, the urban poor, peasants, and local governance), each enaged in legal literacy and paralegal formation, litigation support, policy advocacy, research and publication, and internship.

Through its programs and activities, SALIGAN pursues an integrated advocacy program that addresses the needs of women, the basic sectors and local communities, and effects policy changes at the national and local levels. SALIGAN expects that leaders and members of its partner people’s and non-governmental organizations, and local communities will be able to use the law and the legal processes to advocate their interests.

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