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:

Vera Files Video on Philippine Web Accessibility Initiatives

PWAG Member Rene Orense explains about the group's web accessibiity initiatives.

Vera Files published by veteran Filipino journalists taking a deeper look into current Philippine issues, created a video-documentary on web accessibility initiatives in the Philippines. Dubbed “Making The Web Accessible to Pinoy PWDs”, the documentary video emphasized on the other aspect of accessibility, not just commonly thought of things like buildings, vehicles and schools. The video highlights access to information [...]

November 27, 2012 0 comments

PWAG seeks development assistance

Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura of ODA

The Philippine Web Accessibility Group requested the Official Development Assistance (ODA) of Japan to allocate funds for the monitoring and evaluation of accessibility compliance of key government websites during a consultation and orientation forum held last November 7, 2012 at UPAA Bahay ng Alumni, Diliman, Quezon City. PWAG President Jojo Esposa was one of those organizations invited from the Persons [...]

November 8, 2012 0 comments

PWAG Releases List of Accessible Websites

Random words about web accessibility

The Philippine Web Accessibility Group releases its Official List of Accessible Websites in the Philippines as of October 2012. These are the sites that were evaluated and passed PWAG’s Web Design Accessibility Recommendation and at the same time maintained its accessibility within the required time frame of more than three years. As a government-mandated organization of web designers tasked to [...]

October 26, 2012 0 comments

Batangas Province opts for Accessible Web

Web accessibility training team were led by NCDA Chief Nelia De Jesus

More than twenty employees and staff of the Provincial Capitol of Batangas attended the Web Accessibility orientation last September 25. The whole day activity was sponsored by Sir Ronnel Del Rio, a visually impaired officer under the staff of Batangas Governor Vilma Santos. Training was conducted by Philippine Web Accessibility Group in partnership with MCCID College of Technology, National Council [...]

September 25, 2012 0 comments

Comelec Website Accessibility Recognized

COMELEC Commisssioner Rene Sarmiento congratulates the Web Development Team.

No less than Commissioner Rene Sarmiento of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) congratulated their web development team by holding a formal launching of their official website last August 15 at COMELEC Session Hall in Intramuros, Manila. Commissioner Sarmiento advocated for voting rights of Persons With Disabilities. He emphasized on the need to make registration and election information accessible to everyone, including [...]

August 16, 2012 0 comments

HTML with Web Accessibility Training Launched

PWAG Board Member Lourdes Borgonia demonstrates an experience of a screen reader user.

The National Computer Institute – Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) conducted a one-day soft launch of HTML Training with Basic Web Accessibility Guide at NCC last July 20 at NCC-ADOC Computer Laboratory in Diliman, Quezon City. The training was conducted by Philippine Web Accessibility Group President Jojo Esposa and Board Member Lourdes Borgonia. ATRIEV Executive Director Tony Llanes also [...]

July 21, 2012 0 comments