Philippine Web Accessibility Group

A Philippine Initiative for UN Web Accessibility Design Compliance

After accepting the mandate of establishing a web accessibility adhoc group from the Philippine government in the 11th of August 2006, a team of web designers assembled together and adopted the name Philippine Web Accessibility Group or simply PWAG. We are a non-profit, government registered, association of web designers and advocates of web accessibility based in the Philippines.

PWAG is mandated by the National Council on Disability Affairs, National Computer Center and now the Department of Interior and Local Government to promote full compliance of all government websites.


Latest News:

Web Accessibility goes to Polytechnic University of the Philippines

PWAG President Jojo Esposa introduces PWAG website to the participants.

PWAG President Jojo Esposa gave a short lecture on web accessibility during the whole day “Accessibility Reading and Publishing for all (DAISY ane EPUB)” lecture-seminar held at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning Resource Center last March 6, 2013. Sponsored by the DAISY Consortium, the program was spearheaded by the Resources for the Blind in [...]

March 7, 2013 0 comments

DOST tops Philippine Government Website

Wordie of Top Philippine Websites

Alexa.com, the leading provider of free and global web metrics since 1996, lists down top or popular Philippine websites based on Internet visitors with Department of Science and Technology official website topping among government sites As of January 10, 2013, Alexa Top Site Rankings for the Philippines are the following: 1. Top dotph (.ph) Website: Sulit.Com.ph Online Buy-and-Sell Store www.sulit.com.ph [...]

January 10, 2013 0 comments

PWAG website now sports a new look

Screenshot of PWAG website in various devices

The Official Website of Philippine Web Accessibility Group now sports a new minimalist design. The newly redesigned web pages are consistent with its design and column positions all throughout the web site using the 2-column format. The site is now a Content Management System site using WordPress. It also incorporated the latest trend called Responsive Web Design incorporating accessible enhancements [...]

January 2, 2013 0 comments

PWAG to assist in forming government web template

A member of DOST-ASTI team demonstrates sample web template.

The Philippine Web Accessibility Group promised to assist the government in coming up of a unified web template which would have a common look-and-feel features and complies with existing memorandum circulars and directives. In a seminar called for by Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) and National Computer Center-Information and Communications Technology Office (NCC-ICTO) last December 14 at the NCC [...]

December 15, 2012 0 comments

UN research recognizes Philippine web accessibility initiatives

Screenshot of G3ICT Website

The United Nations through the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communications Technology (G3ICT) recognized the Philippine initiative as one of their identified best practices as highlighted in their White Paper research called “Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective,” (Revised Edition 2012). The paper was researched and edited by Nirmita Narasimhan of Centre for Internet & Society, India, in [...]

December 6, 2012 6 comments

WDAR and its relevance to WCAG 2.0

WCAG WDAR letters embedded in computer keyboard

Web Content Accessibility Guideline 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) was released in 2008. According to their official website, WCAG 2.0 succeeds Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 [WCAG10], which was published as a W3C Recommendation May 1999. Although it is possible to conform either to WCAG 1.0 or to WCAG 2.0 (or both), the W3C recommends that new and updated content use WCAG [...]

November 29, 2012 1 comment