Accessibility Statement

Women’s Aid is committed to ensuring access for all. This accessibility statement explains how we will endeavour to meet the requirements as set out in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.1 at AA Level as defined by the Web Accessibility Initiative.

Our commitment and approach to maintaining an accessible website

Women’s Aid is committed to:

  • Maintaining an accessible website in accordance with the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations.
  • Ensuring that this website achieves “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
  • Ensuring that all new information on the website will achieve “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
  • Including accessibility when we procure 3rd-party systems or upgrades to existing systems.

How we test for conformance with official accessibility guidelines

Women’s Aid uses a range of techniques to help providing access for all. They include:

  • Automated Scanning: This provides a quick (but not complete) overview of issues that persons may encounter
  • Guidance: Provision of guidance to content editors such as using Alternate Text
  • Manual Review: Regularly performing manual review of each site and adjusting the site to help improve accessibility

This website’s conformance with official accessibility guidelines

The website currently has a partial conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

Areas for improvement and timelines

We are aware of some areas on the website where we could improve accessibility. We are currently working to achieve this.

Areas for improvement, timelines for improvement, and alternatives:

  • Some PDF Document issues site wide. Timeline for improvement July 2025
  • Some imagery hardcoded as decorative. Timeline for improvement July 2025

How to send feedback on this website’s accessibility

We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please contact us.

Email us at info@womensaid.ie
Write to us at: Women’s Aid, 5 Wilton Place, Dublin 2, D02RR27

Accessibility features of this website

A large number of techniques are used to enable the site become accessible for all. The process is ongoing as content changes and the structure of the site changes. Some of the accessible features on this site include (but not limited to) the following:

  • Alt Text: All Images where appropriate have suitable Alt text to provide a descriptive element to the image portrayed.
  • Heading Outline Hierarchy: Logical sense applied to headings where possible H1, H2, H3.
  • Descriptive Links: Links and Buttons have descriptive elements or Aria labels where those elements are cannot be provided.
  • Contrast: Reasonable minimums in difference with relation to contrast between foreground elements and background elements.
  • Navigability: Logical structure applied to the website to ensure the site can be used without a mouse.
  • ARIA Landmarks: A large variety of aria-landmarks applied to aid in accessibility.

Accesskeys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + Alt + an access key. All pages on this website have the following accesskeys:

s – Skip to page content
1 – Home page
8 – Privacy notice
0 – Accessibility statement