Diversity report 2026
W3C released today the 2026 diversity report. As part of our commitment and continued focus on diversity and inclusion, since 2018 we annually report on gender and geographic diversity of W3C's governing bodies.
We would like to be a model of supporting diversity. As an international organization, we can see the immense value we gain from having greater gender diversity, and expertise from across multiple countries and cultures. The diversity of the whole world needs to be reflected, as over 70% of the world is now online and more people continue to access and use the web we develop standards for, here together at the Web Consortium.
We believe that more diversity means better representation, which leads to better and more inclusive design. Indeed, more background, more use cases, more edge cases, lead to a better web. More diversity also brings higher quality results.
This year again, we want to financially help cover TPAC 2026 meeting travel costs for W3C participants from groups under-represented in the web community, who without financial support would not be able to attend TPAC in person.
We seek contributors —big and small— who like us would like to see reflected in web standards and web design the diversity of background, gender, experiences, expertise and skills.
