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* Acknowledgements * Notes on contributors * Preface * Introduction - Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb * 1. Doing research with women for the purpose of transformation - Ineke Buskens * PART 1: ICT tools: Access and Use * 2. Women's use of information and communication technologies in Mozambique: A tool for empowerment? - Gertrudes Macueve, Judite Mandlate, Lucia Ginger, Polly Gaster and Esselina Macome * 3. Considering ICT use when energy access is not secured: A case study from rural South Africa - Jocelyn Muller * 4. Women's use of cell phones to meet their communication needs - A study of rural women from northern Nigeria - Kazanka Comfort and John Dada * 5. Egyptian women artisans facing the demands of modern markets: Caught between a rock and a hard place - Leila Hassanin * PART 2: Female Only ICT Spaces: Perceptions and Practices * 6. 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, Precious Mwatsiya * 7. An alternative public space for women: The potential of ICTs - Leila Hassanin * 8. Using ICTs to act on hope and commitment: The fight against gender violence in Morocco - Amina Tafnout and Aatifa Timjerdine * 9. The names in your address book: Are mobile phone networks effective in advocating for women's rights in Zambia? - Kiss Abraham * PART 3: Using ICTs: Making Life Better? * 10. Mobile phones in a time of modernity: The quest for increased self-sufficiency amongst women fishmonger and fish processors in Dakar - Ibou Sane and Mamadou Balla Traore * 11. Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: Examining and contextualizing women's choices - Alice Wanjira Munyua * 12. Internet use among women entrepreneurs in the textile sector in Douala, Cameroon: self-taught and independent - Gisele Yitamben and Elise Tchinda * 13. ICTs as an agent of change: A case of grassroots women entrepreneurs in Uganda - Susan Bakesha, Angela Nakafeero and Dorothy Okello * 14. The mobile pay phone business: A vehicle for rural women's empowerment in Uganda - Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo * PART 4: Creating New Realities * 15. Professional women empowered to succeed in Kenya's ICT sector - Okwach Abagi, Olive Sifuna, Salome Awuor Omamo * 16. Reflections on the mentoring experiences of ICT career women in Nairobi, Kenya: Looking in the mirror - Salome Awuor Omamo * 17. Our journey to empowerment: The role of ICT - Ruth Meena and Mary Rusimbi * Epilogue - Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb
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