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What Does the China-backed Mining Group Bring to the Community?–The Impact of Chinese Mining Companies in Guinea

By Chen Lu With the world’s largest high-grade bauxite and iron reserves, Guinea, a country on the coast of West Africa, has attracted mining companies from all over the world, including China.[1] The China-backed SMB-Winning Consortium was founded in 2014 and has now become the greatest bauxite develop in Guinea. Along with other leading bauxite producers, SMB-Winning has made Guinea the world’s largest bauxite exporter, … Continue reading What Does the China-backed Mining Group Bring to the Community?–The Impact of Chinese Mining Companies in Guinea

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China, Gender, Labor, Society and culture

Unpaid Work in China: Causes and Responses

By Han Ruiyang, Miao Wenchen, Xue Yuxuan, Shi Jiale Generally, women undertake more unpaid work than men, which indicates significant gender inequalities. In China, even if time spent on unpaid domestic work has been declining with the boom of the economy, its distribution inside the family is still quite unequal[1]. China has promised to incorporate gender equality into basic state policies at the Fourth World … Continue reading Unpaid Work in China: Causes and Responses

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埃塞俄比亚人权组织的春天来了，中国企业怎么办？

“中国企业存在很严重的人权问题。” Abuduker情绪激动地说，“如果员工对企业提出什么要求的话，第二天就会被解雇。”Abuduker是一名大四学生，在亚的斯亚贝巴大学读人权专业。2019年5月4日，联合国世界新闻自由日会议结束后的第二天，他和十多位来自埃塞俄比亚及其他国家的媒体人和人权活动家，前往亚的斯亚贝巴的市郊参观东方工业园——这是埃塞俄比亚第一个工业园区，同时也是中国企业的聚集地。 Continue reading 埃塞俄比亚人权组织的春天来了，中国企业怎么办？

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Can Making Artwork Empower Women in Kenya? A Dispatch from Three Organizations

“No one is too poor to give away something, and I want to help poor women,” said an educator who has been working on empowering women by teaching them how to make handicraft for eight years in Kenya. Low educational attainment and social status keep many women at the bottom cadres of the labor force and marginal roles of the economy in many African countries. … Continue reading Can Making Artwork Empower Women in Kenya? A Dispatch from Three Organizations

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Africa, Asia, Business and economics, Labor

The Kenya Construction Industry Trade Union: A Friend for African Workers, a “Stranger” for Chinese Companies

“Trade unions always incite workers to make trouble, and ask us for more money. They really cause me a headache.” That is the commonly held perception of trade unions by project managers of Chinese construction companies in Kenya. According to the Kenya Labor Relations Act, a trade union is an association of employees whose principal goal is to regulate relations between employees and employers. Employees … Continue reading The Kenya Construction Industry Trade Union: A Friend for African Workers, a “Stranger” for Chinese Companies

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