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Through this three-year evaluative research entitled “A Study to Examine the Most Effective Tools of Information and Communication Used by Intermediary Groups to Reach Grassroots Women in Asia and the Pacific,” Isis International-Manila and its research partner organisations (RPOs) attempt to interrogate the strictly new-Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-centric framework which predominates gender and ICT development work today.

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Gender and new ICT project interventions are increasingly being implemented in many countries in the global South. These projects are often based on the notion that access and effective use of new technology will lead to women's empowerment and overall development, and have a tendency to privilege new ICTs over traditional means of information and communication (infocom). Yet these assumptions are still a subject of debates and discussions in many Gender and ICT-related conferences, meetings, and projects.