Sarah Jane Lopez

Sarah is a team member of the Center for Migrant Advocacy Philippines which promotes the rights of Filipino migrant workers and their families through policy advocacy, information dissemination, networking, capability-building, and direct assistance. Her work involves overseeing and managing the 2nd cycle of the project entitled “Building Rights-based and Resilient Communities for Migrant Workers and their Families,” with support from partner organization AWO International. She also facilitates and documents the activities of the organization, develop proposals for potential projects and is an alternate representative to the Stakeholders Chamber of the SDG Secretariat of NEDA, facilitating and contributing to reports to multilateral/UN platforms. This program will give her the opportunity to deepen her understanding and appreciation of how human rights and its related concepts and principles should be present in all undertakings. It will also expose her to the good practices of other countries which she hopes to mirror and localise.