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Author:   Cai Yiping
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
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9781350557277

ISBN 10:   1350557277
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   19 March 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Preface Kamala Chandrakirana (DAWN co-coordinator) Acknowledgement Author biographies Introduction: Co-production of Southern Feminist Knowledge on Global China Cai Yiping (DAWN/University of California, Irvine, USA) 1. The Impact of Chinese Development Cooperation on Women in Trinidad and Tobago Annita Montoute, Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez, and Deborah McFee (University of the West Indies) 2. Gender Impacts of China’s Engagement in Pacific Island Countries: Case Studies of Belt and Road Initiative Infrastructure Projects in Tonga and Vanuatu Vasemaca Lutu (Independent researcher, Fiji) 3. Chinese Mining Projects in Ecuador and Perú: Gender Impacts and Women’s Agency Diana Castro Salgado (Latinoamérica Sustentable, Ecuador) 4. Organised Abandonment and Gendered Impacts of Extractivism in Bikita, Zimbabwe Hibist Kassa (University of Leicester, UK) and Zinzile Fengu (Independent researcher, Zimbabwe) 5. Empowering Women in Nigerian Agriculture: Assessing the Effects of China-Nigeria Agricultural Cooperation on Female Smallholders’ Livelihood, Capacity-Building, and Shifting Social Norms Itunu Grace Ishola (Peking University, China) 6. Implications of Security Agreements on Women, Peace, and Security in The Solomon Islands: A Comparative Case Study on China-Solomon Islands Bilateral Security Cooperation and the Australia-Solomon Islands Bilateral Security Treaty Patricia Sango Pollard (Independent researcher, Solomon Islands) 7. The Gender Question in China’s Soft Power Engagement in the Global South Govind Kelkar (GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation, India) and Ritu Agarwal (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) 8. When Civil Society Contests Global China: Challenges and Opportunities for Gender-related Civil Society Transnational Action on China-backed Infrastructure Projects in the Global South Laura Trajber Waisbich (University of Oxford, UK) Conclusion and Looking Forward Cai Yiping (DAWN/University of California, Irvine, USA) Bibliography Index

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China’s development initiatives become ever more important as major western powers retreat from international development cooperation. This book provides the first in-depth examination of the gender impacts of China’s engagements. Chinese and other global south scholars collaborate to produce a compelling account addressing this knowledge gap. * Susie Jolly, Institute of Development Studies, UK * Gendered Impacts of China’s Development Initiatives in the Global South fills a large gap in the literature on Global China with an empirical focus on women-led activism and civil society groups who engage with and contest China’s rising presence in the Global South. The essays span Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. As the essays attest, the transnational contestation of China-backed large-scale energy infrastructure projects often results in not only achieving their intended goals but also contributing to a shift in China’s policies and business practices. This book sheds light on the variegated Southern feminist re-imagination of international cooperation, South-South relations, and the integration of women’s human rights into development practice. It is a must read for all who want to better understand China’s rising presence in the global south, and the ways marginalized communities are demanding a seat at the table of negotiations with China. * Lisa Rofel, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA *

China’s development initiatives become ever more important as major western powers retreat from international development cooperation. This book provides the first in-depth examination of the gender impacts of China’s engagements. Chinese and other global south scholars collaborate to produce a compelling account addressing this knowledge gap. * Susie Jolly, Institute of Development Studies, UK *

Author Information

Cai Yiping is a member of the DAWN Executive Committee and a PhD candidate at the Department of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine, USA.

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