Sharon Bessell

Sharon Bessell

BA (Hons 1st class, Tasmania), PhD (Monash)

Senior Public Policy lecturer
Crawford School of Economics and Government


Research interests/expertise

  • Child labour
  • Human Rights and Policy (especially the human rights of children)
  • Gender Issues (especially gender and social policy; gender and governance)
  • Social Policy for Vulnerable Children
  • Politics and Social Policy in Asia, especially Indonesia and the Philippines

Current Projects

  • Preparing manuscript on child labour in Indonesia
  • International policy on child labour
  • Social protection strategies for vulnerable children
  • Children's participation in decision- and policy-making
  • Social protection in Southeast Asia

Recent Publications

  • Bessell, S.; Blackburn, S. (1997), 'Marriageable Age: The Politics of Early Marriage in Twentieth Century Indonesia'.
    Indonesia, Vol. 63, 107-141.
    pdf View Publication Online >>

  • Bessell, S. (1999), 'The Politics of Child Labour in Indonesia: Global Trends and Domestic Policy'.
    Pacific Affairs, Vol. 72(3), 353-71.
    Online publication not available.

  • Bessell, S. (2002), 'Women in Parliament in Indonesia: Denied a Share of Power'.
    Sharing in Power: Women in Parliaments in Transitional and Developing Countries, Trembley, M. (ed), University of Indiana Press,
    Online publication not available.

  • Bessell, S. (2002), 'Women, Gender and Development in Indonesia'.
    Bessell, S.; Robinson, K. (ed), ISEAS, Singapore,
    Online publication not available.

  • Bessell, S. (2004), 'Social Cohesion and Conflict Management: Rethinking and Issues through a Gender Sensitive Lens'.
    Social Cohesion and Conflict Management in Asia, Colletta, N. (ed), World Bank/Asian Development Bank, Washington,
    Online publication not available.

 

Selected Publications

  • Women, Gender and Development in Indonesia, ISEAS, Singapore, April 2002 (edited with Dr Kathy Robinson).
  • "Social Cohesion and Conflict Management: Rethinking the Issues through a Gender Sensitive Lens" in Nat Colletta (ed.), Social Cohesion and Conflict Management in Asia, World Bank/Asian Development Bank, Washington, 2001.
  • "The Politics of Child Labour in Indonesia: Global Trends and Domestic Policy", Pacific Affairs, Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1999.
  • Education for Sustainable Development, Canberra, The Development Studies Network, 1999 (edited with Dr Pamela Thomas).
  • "Adolescents and family planning: Issues and debates", Development Bulletin, Number 47, Summer 1999.
  • "Child Labour and the Rights of the Child", Development Bulletin, Number 44, January 1998.
  • "Marriageable Age: The Politics of Early Marriage in Twentieth Century Indonesia", Indonesia, Number 63, April 1997 (co-authored with Dr Susan Blackburn).

Teaching

  • Gender and Development (DVAD 8061)

Contact Details

Telephone: 61 2 6125 6562
Fax: 61 2 6125 5570
Email: sharon.bessell@anu.edu.au
Mailing address:Crawford School of Economics and Government ,
The Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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