Fresh from winning their “PWD-friendly Website” Award at the 34^th NDPR Week, COMELEC  proudly launched their new website’s accessible features  last August 15, 2012, in support of the “Fully Abled Nation’s” drive for  disability-inclusive elections.

To fully access PWDs to local/global socio-economic opportunities and push their “RIGHT TO INFORMATION”  called for in the “UN-Convention on the Rights of PWDs”, the National Council on Disability affairs (NCDA) in sync with the National Computer Center and the Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG) hold workshops for web designers and awards agencies compliant to the set standards in the “NCDA-NCC Joint Circular on Web Accessibility”.

T Division Acting Chief Eden Bolo (left photo) presents with pride, the new face of COMELEC’s accessible website, shown on the above right photo.

Commissioner Rene Sarmiento cheers the IT Team lead by Ms. Eden Bolo, the force behind the website’s accessibility “makeover”

Beverly Hagerdorn Thaku, Int’l. Foundation on Electoral Systems IFES Chief of Party Commends NCDA, MCCID and COMELEC for they synergy. IFES hosted the Access Workshop for the COMELEC IT TEAM

PWAG Member Lourdes Borgonia proves the usability of accessible website even for blind users like her.

PWAG President Jojo Esposa briefs COMELEC officials and guests what makes a website accessble.