01Our Commitment
Women Up Foundation is committed to making our website and digital experiences welcoming to as many people as possible. Accessibility, whether someone is using a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse, voice control, magnification, or simply visiting on an older phone, isn’t a checklist for us. It’s part of what it means to build a home for women in every season. Not everyone arrives the same way.
We’re working on it. We’re not done. And we’d like to hear from you if something on this site keeps you from doing what you came here to do.
02Conformance Status
We strive to conform with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. These are internationally recognized standards for making web content more accessible to people with a range of disabilities.
We use the word “strive” deliberately. Full conformance is a moving target on any live website, content changes, third-party tools update, and edge cases keep showing up. We’re aiming at AA across the site, reviewing regularly, and fixing what we find.
03Measures We Take
Practices that are baked into how we build and maintain the site:
- Semantic HTML — headings, lists, landmarks, and form labels structured so assistive technologies can read the page meaningfully.
- Alt text on images — descriptive alternative text on photos that carry meaning; empty alt on decorative ones.
- Keyboard navigation — every interactive element can be reached and activated using a keyboard alone. We test this.
- Visible focus indicators — clear focus styling so keyboard users can see where they are on the page.
- Color contrast — body text and interactive elements meet or exceed WCAG AA contrast ratios.
- Responsive design — the site works at any screen size from a small phone to a desktop monitor, and reflows cleanly when zoomed up to 200%.
- Motion considerations — we honor the prefers-reduced-motion setting in browsers and operating systems, dialing back animation for visitors who’ve asked their device to keep things still.
- Form labels and error messages — form fields are properly labeled and error states are announced to assistive technologies.
04Known Limitations
Being honest about what isn’t there yet:
- Embedded social feeds — our Instagram feed is rendered by a third-party tool. We don’t fully control the accessibility of every element inside it, and we know third-party embeds are often weaker on accessibility than the rest of our site. We’ve chosen partners that take accessibility seriously, and we keep an eye on what they ship.
- Older blog images — some posts from earlier in the year may have images with weak or missing alternative text. We’re working through them as we re-edit content.
- Video captions — any video we publish should have captions. If you find one without, please tell us — that’s a gap we want to close immediately.
If you run into anything else, please tell us. The list above is what we know about; what you experience tells us what we need to learn about.
05Compatibility
The site is designed to work with:
- Recent versions of major browsers — Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge.
- Mobile browsers on iOS and Android.
- Common screen readers — VoiceOver (macOS/iOS), TalkBack (Android), NVDA, and JAWS.
- Keyboard-only navigation.
- Browser-level zoom up to 200% without loss of content or function.
Older browsers or assistive tools may not be fully supported, but the core content remains readable.
06Technical Specifications
The site is built on:
- HTML5
- CSS3, including responsive layout via media queries
- JavaScript (used progressively — core content does not depend on it)
- ARIA roles, states, and properties where they add genuine value to assistive technologies (we try not to use ARIA where semantic HTML already does the job)
07Feedback
If something on this site is making it hard for you to do what you came here to do, read a story, sign up for the email list, apply for a retreat, we want to know. Specific is better than general: which page, what you tried, what happened.
Accessibility contactvictoria@womenup.ngo
We try to respond to accessibility feedback within five business days. If the fix is straightforward, we’ll ship it quickly. If it’s more involved, we’ll tell you what we’re doing and when to expect a follow-up.
08Assessment Approach
Our current approach is internal self-evaluation against WCAG 2.1 AA, supported by browser and screen-reader testing during build and maintenance. As Women Up grows, we plan to engage a third-party accessibility audit and incorporate findings into our roadmap.
09Date Last Reviewed
This statement was last reviewed and updated on May 27, 2026.