Feminist-Systems Thinking : From mere principles to a United Nations Framework

In 2008 a set of principles for systemic intervention was published. They originated from a comparative study of cultural ecofeminist and critical systems thinking texts. The feminist-systems thinking principles are:

The principles have been surpassed due to the work done with them over the last decade. This article reviews the FST principles and the emergence of the ‘GEMs’ framework: the Gender equality, Environments and Marginalised voices framework. While the GEMs remains true to its ecofeminist and systemic thinking intents, it has broader application across a range of socio-economic and socio-ecological intersecting issues. The article concludes with some current applications of the GEMs working from the global scale with the UN’s 2030 Agenda to the operating table in a contemporary medical hospital setting.