Gendered Impacts of China's Development Initiatives in the Global South

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Bloomsbury Academic
30 April 2026

Development studies; Feminism & feminist theory

Using empirical data from communities and stakeholders across Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean this open access book provides crucial insights into the profound and multidimensional implications of China's engagement in the Global South for women.

The book synthesizes the findings of a two-year, collaborative research project conducted by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN). It reveals startling insights into the gendered dimensions of China's soft power; it's peace and security agenda; it's impact on civil society activism; and its investment in mining, infrastructure, and agriculture.

Authors put women’s agency at the centre—rejecting approaches that treat women merely as passive victims, or at best, as members of a vulnerable group—and they challenge the gender-blindness in the China’s current South-South cooperation framework and practice. What emerges is a call for mutual accountability for both China and the recipient countries with which it engages. China must foreground gender equality in its development initiatives, which it can do without violating its non-interference and non-conditionality policies, and recipient countries must become active agents for promoting their own gender equality agenda in development cooperation projects. As becomes clear across contexts, this is the only path to a meaningful transnational feminist dialogue aimed at creating more equitable, mutually constructive South-South relations.

The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).

By: Cai Yiping
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781350557284
ISBN 10: 1350557285
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 30 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.

Reviews for Gendered Impacts of China's Development Initiatives in the Global South

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 *