Opportunity for Gendering the Responsibility to Protect Agenda at the United Nations?

Abstract Despite its rapid diplomatic rise in the UN setting and global recognition as an established norm, Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has yet substantially incorporate gender directly engage with complementary Women, Peace, Security (WPS) agenda. The article discusses this R2P limitation ways rectify it through capitalizing on a landmark annual report cross-cutting areas of engagement WPS To do so, proceeds three sections that mirror three-pronged classification overlapping knowledge projects identified for early feminist scholarship. First, exposes extent effect masculinist bias formulations R2P's failure explicitly perspectives until pathbreaking twelfth R2P. Second, complementarities between WPS, equality, are examined order highlight commonalities seen when “adding women” these agendas. Third, examines what gendering agenda at United Nations would entail reconstruction recognizes analytical structural category. It is argued while progressive 2020 Annual Report will likely become reference point weighing gendered should look like, hopefully trigger much-needed reorientation existing policies gender-responsive, limitations remain due factors: lack gender-sensitive analysis Nations, lingering tensions communities, current politically resistant climate, which limits audit.