Sharon Bessell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674681 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Bessell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Bessell |
| SIGNATURE | BESSELL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Gender and Development
Introducing Gender and Development
Resisting, Remembering, Reclaiming
Gender and development in the 2020s: feminist approaches in an era of ‘smart economics’, gender backlash and heightened inequality
The 2020s have resulted in multiple substantive challenges to gender equality globally. Democratic backsliding and backlash to feminist gains have led to a rollback in progress towards gender equality. Global inequality has worsened and cost-of-living crises have heightened the burdens of social reproduction. In this challenging environment, neoliberal prescriptions for ‘development’ have remained entrenched within donor policies and internationa…
Smart economics or feminist economic empowerment in feminist foreign policies
Valuing the Past, Sustaining the Future?
Valuing the Past, Sustaining the Future
Gender Targets, Quotas, and Indicators in Work, Politics, and Development
The absence of women from leadership positions, political power, and the labor force has long been a concern of feminist scholars and international development actors. Processes of development have largely failed to deliver gender equality or gender justice. Targets embodied in the Millennium Development Goals and more recently the Sustainable Development Goals have sought to rectify these failures by addressing the exclusion of women and promoti…
Towards child-inclusive concepts of childhood poverty
Children's Lives
The Role of Intergenerational Relationships in Children's Experiences of Community
Community‐strengthening initiatives for children and their families often focus on the provision of services and the development of adult relationships to support children. Less attention is paid to the relationships that children experience within their communities. Drawing on research with over 100 children aged between 8 and 12 years, this paper examines the importance children place on relationships within their communities. More specifically…
Influencing international child labour policy
Participation in decision-making in out-of-home care in Australia
Dominant Discourses, Debates and Silences on Child Labour in Africa and Asia
Drawing on the relevant literature, this article explores key debates and controversies on child labour in the context of Africa and Asia. It first identifies and analyses three dominant discourses on child labour: 1) the work-free childhoods perspective; 2) the socio-cultural perspective; and 3) the political economy perspective. Against the backdrop of these discourses, the article goes on to critically examine aspects of child labour that are …
Methodologies for Gender-sensitive and Pro-poor Poverty Measures
This chapter seeks to provide a gender- sensitive critique of both income- based and multidimensional definitions and measures of poverty. The first section examines the ways in which income- based measures are insensitive to the gendered dimensions of poverty. The second section examines multidimensional approaches, suggesting that to date the opportunity to capture and deepen understanding of the various ways in which women and men experience p…
Children's Participation in Decision-Making in the Philippines
This article explores the ideas about children's participation in decision-making held by government officials and non-government representatives engaged in promoting children's participation in the Philippines. It suggests that the ideas that policy-makers and service deliverers hold about children's participation are heterogeneous, diverse and complex. While adults' attitudes are often presented as serious barriers to children's participation, …
Women in Indonesia
Indonesia now has its first woman President -- Megawati Sukarnoputri. The debates surrounding her elevation to the presidency brought issues of gender and politics to the forefront of the public agenda, raising crucial questions about the role that women are to play in public life in post-Soeharo Indonesia. The struggle to achieve a democratic transition following the fall of Soeharto's New Order in 1998 has also focused attention on issues of eq…
Women in Indonesia
Indonesia now has its first woman President -- Megawati Sukarnoputri. The debates surrounding her elevation to the presidency brought issues of gender and politics to the forefront of the public agenda, raising crucial questions about the role that women are to play in public life in post-Soeharo Indonesia. The struggle to achieve a democratic transition following the fall of Soeharto's New Order in 1998 has also focused attention on issues of eq…
The Politics of Child Labour in Indonesia
Indonesia in 1949 prohibited under 15 from working. But in 1987, to attract more investment, the country abolished this prohibition for children forced to work for social or economic reasons. By 1991, there were 2.8 million Indonesian bonded to factories that is, mortgaged by parents to employers. U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor recently announced that Indonesia would be given six months to improve worker-rights guarantees or lose dutyfre…
Marriageable Age
Participation in decision-making in out-of-home care in Australia
Marriageable Age
Children's Participation in Decision-Making in the Philippines
This article explores the ideas about children's participation in decision-making held by government officials and non-government representatives engaged in promoting children's participation in the Philippines. It suggests that the ideas that policy-makers and service deliverers hold about children's participation are heterogeneous, diverse and complex. While adults' attitudes are often presented as serious barriers to children's participation, …
Dominant Discourses, Debates and Silences on Child Labour in Africa and Asia
Drawing on the relevant literature, this article explores key debates and controversies on child labour in the context of Africa and Asia. It first identifies and analyses three dominant discourses on child labour: 1) the work-free childhoods perspective; 2) the socio-cultural perspective; and 3) the political economy perspective. Against the backdrop of these discourses, the article goes on to critically examine aspects of child labour that are …
Influencing international child labour policy
Towards child-inclusive concepts of childhood poverty
The Politics of Child Labour in Indonesia
Indonesia in 1949 prohibited under 15 from working. But in 1987, to attract more investment, the country abolished this prohibition for children forced to work for social or economic reasons. By 1991, there were 2.8 million Indonesian bonded to factories that is, mortgaged by parents to employers. U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor recently announced that Indonesia would be given six months to improve worker-rights guarantees or lose dutyfre…
Marriageable Age
The Politics of Child Labour in Indonesia
Indonesia in 1949 prohibited under 15 from working. But in 1987, to attract more investment, the country abolished this prohibition for children forced to work for social or economic reasons. By 1991, there were 2.8 million Indonesian bonded to factories that is, mortgaged by parents to employers. U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor recently announced that Indonesia would be given six months to improve worker-rights guarantees or lose dutyfre…
Women in Indonesia
Indonesia now has its first woman President -- Megawati Sukarnoputri. The debates surrounding her elevation to the presidency brought issues of gender and politics to the forefront of the public agenda, raising crucial questions about the role that women are to play in public life in post-Soeharo Indonesia. The struggle to achieve a democratic transition following the fall of Soeharto's New Order in 1998 has also focused attention on issues of eq…
Women in Indonesia
Indonesia now has its first woman President -- Megawati Sukarnoputri. The debates surrounding her elevation to the presidency brought issues of gender and politics to the forefront of the public agenda, raising crucial questions about the role that women are to play in public life in post-Soeharo Indonesia. The struggle to achieve a democratic transition following the fall of Soeharto's New Order in 1998 has also focused attention on issues of eq…
Children's Participation in Decision-Making in the Philippines
This article explores the ideas about children's participation in decision-making held by government officials and non-government representatives engaged in promoting children's participation in the Philippines. It suggests that the ideas that policy-makers and service deliverers hold about children's participation are heterogeneous, diverse and complex. While adults' attitudes are often presented as serious barriers to children's participation, …
Methodologies for Gender-sensitive and Pro-poor Poverty Measures
This chapter seeks to provide a gender- sensitive critique of both income- based and multidimensional definitions and measures of poverty. The first section examines the ways in which income- based measures are insensitive to the gendered dimensions of poverty. The second section examines multidimensional approaches, suggesting that to date the opportunity to capture and deepen understanding of the various ways in which women and men experience p…
Influencing international child labour policy
Participation in decision-making in out-of-home care in Australia
Dominant Discourses, Debates and Silences on Child Labour in Africa and Asia
Drawing on the relevant literature, this article explores key debates and controversies on child labour in the context of Africa and Asia. It first identifies and analyses three dominant discourses on child labour: 1) the work-free childhoods perspective; 2) the socio-cultural perspective; and 3) the political economy perspective. Against the backdrop of these discourses, the article goes on to critically examine aspects of child labour that are …
Children's Lives
The Role of Intergenerational Relationships in Children's Experiences of Community
Community‐strengthening initiatives for children and their families often focus on the provision of services and the development of adult relationships to support children. Less attention is paid to the relationships that children experience within their communities. Drawing on research with over 100 children aged between 8 and 12 years, this paper examines the importance children place on relationships within their communities. More specifically…
Towards child-inclusive concepts of childhood poverty
Gender Targets, Quotas, and Indicators in Work, Politics, and Development
The absence of women from leadership positions, political power, and the labor force has long been a concern of feminist scholars and international development actors. Processes of development have largely failed to deliver gender equality or gender justice. Targets embodied in the Millennium Development Goals and more recently the Sustainable Development Goals have sought to rectify these failures by addressing the exclusion of women and promoti…
Valuing the Past, Sustaining the Future?
Valuing the Past, Sustaining the Future
Smart economics or feminist economic empowerment in feminist foreign policies
Gender and Development
Introducing Gender and Development
Resisting, Remembering, Reclaiming
Gender and development in the 2020s: feminist approaches in an era of ‘smart economics’, gender backlash and heightened inequality
The 2020s have resulted in multiple substantive challenges to gender equality globally. Democratic backsliding and backlash to feminist gains have led to a rollback in progress towards gender equality. Global inequality has worsened and cost-of-living crises have heightened the burdens of social reproduction. In this challenging environment, neoliberal prescriptions for ‘development’ have remained entrenched within donor policies and internationa…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · Gender and development (4 works)