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# Feminist-Systems Thinking: From Mere Principles to a United Nations Framework

Stephens A, 2023, Journal of Systems Thinking 3(1):1-10 — Systems Science

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## In short

Reviews the feminist-systems thinking principles and how they grew into the GEMs framework (gender equality, environments, marginalized voices) used by the United Nations.

## What they found (results)

The Gender equality, Environments and Marginalized voices framework has outgrown the original principles, applying from the UN's 2030 Agenda down to the operating table of a contemporary hospital.

## What they set out to do (purpose)

A chapter reviewing feminist-systems thinking, from the 2008 principles born of cultural ecofeminism and critical systems thinking to the GEMs framework that grew out of them.

## Abstract

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: Adopt a gender sensitive approach Value voices from the margins Incorporate the environment within research Select appropriate method/ologies Undertake research that promotes plurally desirable and sustainable social change 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.

These researchers were not testing DSRP. The finding is theirs; the correspondence to DSRP is drawn by this site.

[Source](https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.0000026)