The Myth of Protection : Gendering Protection under the Responsibility to Protect in Gaza

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Authors	SPITKA Timea
Year of publication	2019
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Global Responsibility to Protect
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Web	abstract
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875984X-01101005
Keywords	Responsibility to protect; women - peace and security; Gaza; protection - Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Attached files	Gender__R2P_and_Myth_of_Protection_in_Gaza.pdf Gender__R2P_and_Myth_of_Protection_Published.pdf
Description	Although international norms on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P ), norms stemming from United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and the agenda of Women, Peace and Security (wps) have shifted the narrative from a state-centric to a human-centric approach to security, they have failed to intersect in the most difficult contexts. This paper examines the intersections between Pillar iii of R2P, Resolution 1325 and the agenda of wps with a focus on protection in Gaza. Within the Gaza context, all authorities can be seen as failing in their responsibility to protect, however, no steps have been taken toward operationalisation of protection under R2P. Examining protection through a gendered lens provides a critical mirror of strategies of protection as well as a roadmap towards improvement. The article argues that R2P in combination with the agenda of wps provides a potential tool for constructing a consensus prioritising protection of civilians in the most difficult contexts.
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