Empowering Communities Since 1989
The Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG) is a coalition of nineteen (19) legal resource non-governmental organizations that adhere to the principles and values of alternative or developmental law.
UPDATES ON OUR WORK
Stories
The Fight for Justice of a Woman Environmental Defender
Marilou Verano, a woman environmental defender from Aroroy, Masbate, went for an interview in the radio program Failon Ngayon sa DZMM on September 6, 2017 to talk about...
ALG champions developmental legal aid at National Legal Aid Summit
The Alternative Law Groups (ALG) shared developmental legal aid best practices and challenges in the three-day national legal aid summit organized by the Supreme Court of the Philippines in Bacolod City. For more than 30 years, the ALG has been engaging and empowering...
LEN-SEA convenes to strengthen legal empowerment strategies and approaches
The Legal Empowerment Network - Southeast Asia (LEN-SEA) convened in the Philippines to discuss legal empowerment strategies and approaches, propose solutions to the shrinking civic space, and identify the network’s activities for the next three to five years....
Community-based dialogue in Region IV-A held
The Community-Based Dialogue (CBD) on the Enactment of Human Rights Ordinances in Selected Cities and Municipalities in CALABARZON was held on Sept 14, 2022 at the Hotel Seda in Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. After the Opening Program, there was a discussion on the...
OUR STAND ON ISSUES
Statements
Pahayag ng Alternative Law Groups sa Paggunita ng International Women’s Day
Kasalukuyang niraratsada sa Kongreso ang Charter Change o pagbabago ng ilang mga probisyon sa Konstitusyon. Sa mga panukalang pagbabago, luging lugi pa rin ang mga batayang sektor, lalo na ang mga kababaihan. Ang mga pagbabago ay pinapanukala ng People’s...
Pahayag ng Alternative Law Groups sa Huling Araw ng 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women
Sa pagtatapos ng 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women, lalo nating patibayin ang ating paninindigan na sugpuin ang trafficking in persons – isang malalang problema kung saan karamihan sa biktima ay kababaihan at kabataan. Ito ay ang sapilitang pagtatrabaho,...
Pahayag ng Alternative Law Groups ukol sa Children’s Month
Sa pagtatapos ng Children’s Month ngayong araw, patuloy ang paninindigan ng Alternative Law Groups sa pagsulong ng karapatan ng bawat bata. Ang paggunita sa Children’s Month tuwing Nobyembre ay patunay ng kolektibong responsibilidad ng bawat isa na protektahan,...
Pahayag ng Alternative Law Groups ukol sa International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Sa pagsisimula ng 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women, nakikiisa ang Alternative Law Groups sa pagpuksa sa gender-based violence, pagprotekta sa mga biktima ng karahasan, at pagsulong ng karapatang-pantao ng mga kababaihan. Maraming batas ang...
Pahayag ng Alternative Law Groups ukol sa Desisyon ng Muntinlupa RTC Branch 206 na Payagang Magpiyansa si Leila de Lima
Isa pang hakbang patungong hustisya… Ang Alternative Law Groups ay nalulugod sa desisyon ng Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 206 na pahintulutan si dating Senador Leila de Lima na magpiyansa para sa huling kaso ng droga na isinampa sa kanya – kung...
Pahayag ng Alternative Law Groups ukol sa Indigenous Peoples’ Month
Malaki ang papel na ginagampanan ng mga katutubo sa proteksyon at konserbasyon ng likas na yaman sa Pilipinas. Karaniwang matatagpuan sa mga lupang ninuno ng mga katutubo ang masaganang kagubatan at anyong tubig na tahanan ng iba’t ibang uri ng hayop at halaman at...
IN-DEPTH TAKE
Publications
2022 Annual Report
Despite the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on our organizations and the communities we work with, the Alternative...
Alternative Law Groups: Empowering Communities Towards Greater Access to Justice in the Philippines
ALG’s work can be categorized into six major components: 1) Legal education and paralegal formation; 2) Policy reform...
Hustisya Natin: Compilation of Monitoring Research on Thematic Judicial Cases
The research found on this book aim to understand the underlying processes and issues in five particular thematic...
Featured Program
Stories from the Field: Overcoming Access to Justice Barriers through Grassroots Communities’ Participation and Collective Action
It consists of multi-thematic research studies to generate knowledge and evidence on key legal empowerment approaches and their contribution to empowering and strengthening grassroots communities’ participation and collective action to bridge access to justice gaps