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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 (now Department of Science and Technology - ICT Office) and the Department of Interior and Local Government to promote full compliance of all government websites.


Latest News:

Disabled Friendly Website Awards coincide with Web Design Conference

Disabled Friendly Website Awards coincide with Web Design Conference

From Left: Deaf Web Designer Kerwin Tamanu, Liliane National Coordinator Sis. Agnetia Naval, Rene Orense, NCDA Executive Director Geraldine Ruiz, NCDA Chief Rizalio Sanchez and Jojo Esposa.

This year’s “Disabled Friendly Website Awards” were held last July 10 at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) as part of the very first Philippine Web Design Conference spearheaded by the newly formed Philippine Web Designers Organization (PWDO). The Philippine Web Accessibility Group through its president and MCCID Training Director Jojo Esposa and the National Council on Disability Affairs presented […]

July 11, 2009Comments are Disabled
Philippines meets strongest compliance in Asia

Philippines meets strongest compliance in Asia

Accessibility results for Asian Countries

Accessibility results for Asian Countries The Philippine compliance in terms of web accessibility is considered as the strongest in Asia as revealed by the research conducted by the University of Worcester in United Kingdom. Entitled, “Global e-government Web Accessibility: An Empirical Examination of EU, Asian and African Sites”, the study cited the Philippines as one of the strongest outlooks among […]

July 10, 2009Comments are Disabled
Congratulations to 2nd Philippine Blog Awards Finalists

Congratulations to 2nd Philippine Blog Awards Finalists

2nd Philippine Blog Awards Logo

Good news! Finalists for 14 categories in the Best Blog Division of 2nd Philippine Blog Awards are out! Congratulations to PWAG members who are included in the list. BEST BLOG – ENTERTAINMENT Screensucked [http://www.screensucked.com] – Regnard Raquedan BEST BLOG – CULTURE & ARTS Dalityapi Unpoemed [http://www.dalityapi.com] – Sonny Villafania (PWAG Secretary) BEST BLOG – SPORTS Big Lakers Fan [http://biglakersfan.blogspot.com/] – […]

July 28, 2008Comments are Disabled
PWAG Website Receives Talking Hands Awards

PWAG Website Receives Talking Hands Awards

PWAG Logo with Talking Hands Gold Edition Logo

After passing their rigid criteria, the PWAG Official Website recently received the Gold Edition of the humble yet noteworthy Talking Hands Awards for 3rd Quarter of 2008 for being a freshly presented teaching site! It also received the Visual Delights Award under the Key Teaching-Learning Element. Based on the collective judgment of the awards committee, PWAG website merited the award […]

July 25, 2008Comments are Disabled
CICT-NCC Requested to Deputize PWAG to Check Web Accessibility Compliance

CICT-NCC Requested to Deputize PWAG to Check Web Accessibility Compliance

The National Council on Disability Affairs Board recently approved a resolution “Requesting the Commission on ICT/National Computer Center to Deputize the Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG) to Undertake Web Accessibility Assessment of Websites”. Here is the complete Board Resolution No. 13 Series of 2008: “Resolution Requesting the Commission on ICT/National Computer Center to Deputize the Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG) […]

PWAG Online Evaluator Ready for Testing

PWAG Online Evaluator Ready for Testing

Good news! Our fellow member, PWAG’s Internal Auditor and multi-awarded web designer Arielle Cruz has recently developed the first ever PWAG’s Online Web Accessibility Evaluator. He did it in less than two weeks. This is still in beta stage so expect some minor glitches in the results. What this evaluator is does NOT: It does NOT validate a document against […]

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PWAG Website tops Google Directory Resource on Web Accessibility as Egroup members reach 165

PWAG Website tops Google Directory Resource on Web Accessibility as Egroup members reach 165

Google Web Accessibility Directory Snapshot

The PWAG Official Website is now one of the Top 25 Websites worldwide ranked by Google that focus on Web Accessibility category. The ranking was based on Google’s popular PageRank System. PWAG is ranked number 25 among the list of 167 websites listed under the Computers->Internet->Web Design and Development->Accessibility Sub-category above Accessify Resources, Royal National Institute for the Blind Resources […]

July 23, 20081 comment
PWAG Website Updated

PWAG Website Updated

PWAG website now has 29 individual web pages including nine new entries inside the Resources page of all the important items discussed in Accessibleweb Yahoogroup. Before, a person must be a member of PWAG egroup first in order to access the contents. But now they are freely accessible to anyone on the Internet. This is also an easier way to […]

July 22, 2008Comments are Disabled