Akbayan Party-list is a progressive and reform-oriented political party in the Philippines. It was elected during the first partylist elections and has been elected by the people to represent their interests ever since.
Akbayan has been at the forefront of numerous reform campaigns in the country pushing for laws and bills such as:
RH (Reproductive Health) Law, Cheaper Medicines Law, CARPER (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms) Law, Kasambahay Law, Sin Tax Law, Right to Labor Organization Law, SK Reform Law
And proposed legislations such as:
Money Claims' (Protection for OFWs' money claims) Law, FOI (Freedom of Information) Act, National Land Use Act, Balanced Housing Act, Security of Tenure Act, STRAW (Students' Rights and Welfare) Law