Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Heloise Emdon -- Introduction / Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb -- Doing research with women for the purpose of transformation / Ineke Buskens -- Women's use of information and communication technologies in Mozambique : a tool for empowerment? / Gertrudes Macueve ... [et al.] -- Considering ICT use when energy access is not secured : a case study from rural South Africa / Jocelyn Muller -- Rural women's use of cell phones to meet their communication needs : a study from northern Nigeria / Kazanka Comfort and John Dada -- Egyptian women artisans facing the demands of modern markets : caught between a rock and a hard place / Leila Hassanin -- When a gender-blind access policy results in discrimination : realities and perceptions of female students at the University of Zimbabwe / Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Elizabeth Mlambo and Precious Mwatsiya -- An alternative public space for women : the potential of ICT / Leila Hassanin -- Using ICTs to act on hope and commitment : the fight against gender violence in Morocco / Amina Tafnout and Aatifa Timjerdine -- The names in your address book : are mobile phone networks effective in advocating women's rights in Zambia? / Kiss Brian Abraham -- Mobile phones in a time of modernity : the quest for increased self-sufficiency among women fishmongers and fish processor in Dakar / Ibou Sane and Mamadou Balla Traore -- Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi : examining and contextualizing women's choices / Alice Wanjira Munyua -- Internet use among women entrepreneurs in the textile sector in Douala, Cameroon : self-taught and independent / Gisele Yitamben and Elise Tchinda -- ICTs as agents of change : a case of grassroots women entrepreneurs in Uganda / Susan Bakesha, Angela Nakafeero and Dorothy Okello -- The mobile payphone business : a vehicle for rural women's empowerment in Uganda / Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo -- Professional women empowered to succeed in Kenya's ICT sector / Okwach Abagi, Olive Sifuna and Salome Awuor Omamo -- Reflections on the mentoring experiences of ICT career women in Nairobi, Kenya : looking in the mirror / Salome Awuor Omamo -- Our journey to empowerment : the role of ICT / Ruth Meena and Mary Rusimbi -- Epilogue / Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb.

Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics & activists who have investigated situations within their own communities & countries.