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Dr

Sara Meger

Senior Lecturer In International Relations
Social and Political Sciences
social sciences
16 peace, justice and strong institutions
government & law
political science
war
rape
women
gender
violence research
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Sara Meger

 
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International Relations
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Projects

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Right-Wing Extremism and Foreign Fighting

2020 - 2021
Completed
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Gender and Armed Conflict in Ukraine

2018 - 2018
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

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Internal Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 21 for Sara Meger.

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Why Russia Isn’t About to Invade Ukraine Soon

Sara Meger

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2022

Russia is unlikely to invade Ukraine because it’s already succeeding – keeping Ukraine unstable and forcing the US to take serious..

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Sexual violence in times of war and peace

S Meger

Book Chapter  |  2021

Over the past decade, scholarly attention on sexual violence perpetrated in the context of war and armed conflict has grown signif..

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A Feminist Political Economy of Global Security

Sara Meger

Book Chapter  |  2020

Feminist security scholarship has largely neglected the capitalist-accumulative function of armed conflict. While this body of lit..

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Returning to the root: Radical feminist thought and feminist theories of International Relations

David Duriesmith, Sara Meger

Journal article  |  2020  |  Review of International Studies

Feminist International Relations (IR) theory is haunted by a radical feminist ghost. From Enloe's suggestion that the personal is ..

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Militarized peace: understanding post-conflict violence in the wake of the peace deal in Colombia

Sara Meger, Julia Sachseder

Journal article  |  2020  |  Globalizations

After more than 50 years of war, in 2016, the Colombian government signed a historic peace accord with the country’s largest rebel..

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Gender, violence, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda

Sara Meger

Book Chapter  |  2019

The United Nations Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has become the dominant international legal and discursive framework for..

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War junkies: Why foreign fighters are flocking to Ukraine

Sara Meger

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2019

Ukraine is not the first place to come to mind when the term "foreign fighters" is used. But this Eastern European country has lon..

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The Landscape of Silence: Sexual Violence against Men in War.

Sara Meger

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY

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The political economy of sexual violence against men and boys in armed conflict

S Meger

Book Chapter  |  2018

In 2012, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, Zainab Bangura, noted explici..

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Critical Dialogue on 'Rape Loot Pillage' and 'Windows of Opportunity'

Sara Meger

Journal article  |  2017  |  PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS

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International Relations
Gender Studies
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Criminology
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News

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Why Russia isn’t about to invade Ukraine soon

Sara Meger

Speculation that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is ‘imminent’ has reached fever pitch, stoked by increasingly urgent warnings from the US an..

February 14, 2022
pursuit Article
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What gang rapes tell us about Delhi and the wider world

Sara Meger

Coinciding with yet another brutal gang rape in Delhi is news that Delhi’s women and child welfare minister, Rakhi Birla, is recruiting an ..

January 22, 2014
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The media 'spectacle' of Nigella Lawson's domestic abuse

Sara Meger

There is something concerning about the media coverage of Charles Saatchi’s violence against his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. It is..

June 19, 2013
conversation Article
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Australia needs to act on conflict minerals

Sara Meger

Last month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), responsible for regulating capital markets, ruled in favour of laws prohibitin..

September 20, 2012
conversation Article
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Rape in Syria: a weapon of war or instrument of terror?

Sara Meger

In Syria, rape is being used by armed groups as a means to an end. In this context, reports have emerged detailing the use of sexual violen..

September 16, 2012
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Farah twitter storm shows it's women who are trolled the worst

Sara Meger

Online harassment against two prominent Australian personalities within the last fortnight has ignited fresh calls for the regulation of cy..

September 12, 2012
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SEC takes on humanitarian role over Congo's 'conflict' minerals

Sara Meger

The US capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, has voted in favour of what has widely become known as the “confl..

August 31, 2012
conversation Article

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Credentials

Positions

Senior Lecturer In International Relations

Social and Political Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of International Relations

University of Melbourne

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