Statement prepared 15 August 2026. Revised 23 August 2026, after several of the barriers listed here were removed. It describes the site as it actually is today, including what still does not work.
Why this page is blunt
CAMAB Women is run by blind and partially sighted women. A vague accessibility statement from this organisation would be worth nothing. So this page lists what works, and it lists the barriers we know about and have not yet removed. If you find one we have missed, please tell us.
The standard we are working to
We are working towards the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA. We are not claiming to meet it yet. The known gaps below are the reason.
What works today
- A skip link is the first thing a keyboard or screen-reader user reaches on every page.
- Every photograph on the site carries alternative text, written from what the photograph actually shows. No face and no beneficiary is named.
- Pages use real headings and real lists, so a screen reader can navigate by structure.
- The navigation menus open with a keyboard. Each menu item that has pages beneath it carries a button you can reach by tabbing. It announces whether it is open or closed, Escape closes it and puts you back on the button, and moving focus away closes it behind you.
- The site does not use
role="menu", which is a common source of screen-reader confusion. - Every page has exactly one level-1 heading, so you can jump straight to what the page is about.
- If your device is set to reduce motion, the sections that rotate by themselves stop rotating.
- The photograph gallery opens with a keyboard. Every image can be reached by tabbing, each one is announced by its own description rather than as an unnamed link, the focus indicator is visible, and Escape closes the larger view and returns you to where you were.
Known barriers we have not yet fixed
These are real and current. We are not hiding them behind a general statement of intent.
- Contact form fields use placeholder text rather than visible labels. The placeholder disappears once you start typing, so if you look away you lose the name of the field you are in.
- Some sections rotate by themselves and cannot be paused. Unless your device asks for reduced motion, a few rows of cards advance on a timer with no pause control. On several of them there are no arrows and no dots either, so the later cards can be reached only by waiting for them or by dragging with a mouse.
- The site is published in English only. Much of our work, and many of our members, are francophone. A French version is in preparation.
How to reach us if something blocks you
Write to us through the contact page and describe what you were trying to do, what happened, and which browser or assistive technology you were using. If the contact form itself is the barrier, that is exactly the kind of report we most need, and we will find another way to receive it.
What we do with a report
We read every report. Where a fix is within our control we make it and update this page — the list above is shorter than it was when this page was first written, and it was shortened by doing the work, not by rewording it. Where a barrier sits inside the website theme we bought, we say so here rather than let it look like a decision of ours.
Formats
If you want anything on this site in braille, large print or audio, ask us. You do not need our permission to make an accessible version yourself — see our Terms of Use.
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