Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal

Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal, also known as Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligan (abbreviated as SALIGAN),[1] is a non-governmental legal organization based in Ateneo de Manila University in Diliman, Quezon City. Founded in 1987, it works with women, farmers, workers, the urban poor, the indigenous peoples and local communities, and marginalized sector. Vice President Leni Robredo[2] is best known as the coordinator of the non-government organization in Naga City, especially in her winning case for the Sumilao Farmers of Bukidnon.[3]

Introduction

SALIGAN is the biggest and oldest member of Alternative Law Groups, Inc., a coalition of twenty four (24) law groups with similar aim and purpose.[4][5]

As a non-government organization working for the marginalized sector, SALIGAN seeks to effect societal change by working towards the empowerment of women, basic sectors, and local communities through the creative use of the law and legal resources. It includes up to a hundred (100) partner-organizations all over the country, from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Services

Being an advocacy-based law firm, SALIGAN includes legal literacy or alternative legal education, paralegal formation, litigation support, policy work, and research and publication, as its flagship services. It includes two branches outside Metro Manila, servicing the poorest regions of the country, one in Naga City that covers the Bicol Region and Davao City,[6] covering the whole Mindanao.[7]

References
  1. "AboutUs Page". www.saligan.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  2. "Election 2016". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. "Sumilao farmers revisit Ateneo in campaign for VP candidate Robredo". 8 May 2016.
  4. "Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal | Ateneo de Manila University". www.ateneo.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08.
  5. "DotPH domains available portal".
  6. "Court asked to reconsider decision on Davao's aerial spraying ban". 13 July 2007.
  7. "Branch Profile". www.saligan.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-07.


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