Scout organization
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Organizational data
Name	World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Country	144 countries worldwide
Founded	1928
Founder	Baden-Powell
Membership	10 million
Chief Scout	Elspeth Henderson, Chairman

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 144 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Image File history File links -p-WAGGGSlogo. ... Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell in the County of Essex, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 – January 8, 1941), also known as B-P, was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army, writer, and founder of the world... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... The mirror of the Roman Goddess Venus is often used to represent the female sex. ... Scouts and Guides from different countries on World Scout Moot 1996 Scouting is a worldwide youth organization. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the supranational organization which governs most national Scouting movements. ...

History

Girl Guides were formed in 1910 by Robert Baden-Powell, with the assistance of his sister Agnes Baden-Powell. After his marriage his wife Olave Baden-Powell took a leading role in the development of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting. Lady Olave Baden-Powell became Chief Guide of England in 1918, and World Chief Guide in 1930, a position she held for the rest of her life. It has been suggested that Guides on the Air be merged into this article or section. ... Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world scouting movement. ... Agnes Baden-Powell (1858-June 2, 1945) became the first president of the Girl Guides when it was formed in 1910. ... Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell, GBE was born Olave St Clair Soames on February 22, 1889 at Chesterfield, England. ... Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell, GBE was born Olave St Clair Soames on February 22, 1889 at Chesterfield, England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population...

The standard of WAGGGS

WAGGGS provides a high quality non-formal educational program that provides dynamic, flexible and values-based training in life skills, leadership and decision making. It also offers projects and programs at an international level that enable Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to be responsible world citizens through action and activity in the community. Image File history File links Wagggs-standard. ... Image File history File links Wagggs-standard. ...

The mission of WAGGGS is to enable girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world. This is achieved through its member organizations. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is an organization run by women for girls and young women. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are trained in leadership and decision-making, and are encouraged to participate in the governance and leadership of WAGGGS. Each individual unit is democratically run with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts actively involved in leadership and in decision making.

The World Board consists of volunteers from around the world and governs the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The volunteers are 17 active members from around the world who are democratically elected by all Member Organizations and include the Chairs from each of the five WAGGGS regions. Member Organizations of WAGGGS are independent of any political organization or any political party. Established in 1927, the World Board is a governing board for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). ...

Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting is open to all girls and young women without distinction of creed, race, nationality, or any other circumstance. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts believes that the education of girls, as well as the education of boys, includes education for equal partnership. Young men and young women are taught to recognize their differences and their similarities, and to respect each other as individuals.

Each WAGGGS Member Organization chooses how it believes it can best promote these goals, taking into account its culture and the needs of its young people. Some choose to work with girls alone in a single sex environment in order to break down stereotypes and to give girls and young women the confidence to take their place in society. Other Member Organizations prefer to work with mixed groups to enable young women and young men equal partnership within their units. Some Organizations choose to mix co-educational and single sex approaches according the age and the preferences of the young people.

Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting is a voluntary organisation that relies on over 100,000 volunteers around the world to implement programs for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and to give girls and young women support and leadership. There are over 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 144 countries. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from around the world can meet each other at international events at one of the four World Centers.

There are many opportunities to attend international events run by the United Nations or other non-governmental organizations on behalf of the Association. The WOSM is the non-governmental organization (NGO), that represents the Scouting movement at the United Nations^[1]. The WOSM and WAGGGS both have General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC of the United Nations.^[2] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit group or association that acts outside of institutionalized political structures and pursues matters of interest to its members by lobbying, persuasion, or direct action. ... Consultative Status is a phrase whose use can be traced to the founding of the United Nations and is used within the UN community to refer to Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic & Social Council. ... The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists the General Assembly in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development. ...

Educational

Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting is based on a core set of values that are found in the Girl Guide/Girl Scout Promise and Law. Each Girl Guide and Girl Scout promises to do her best to her faith and to others, and in so doing she realizes her fullest potential as a responsible citizen.

Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting uses non-formal educational methods. Non-formal education is organized educational activity outside schools and colleges. The key components of non-formal education are that:

• Young people can develop life skills and attitudes based on an integrated value system based on the Promise and Law.
• Young people learn from their peer group.
• Young people learn through activities and practical programs that are created by young people for young people
• Young people volunteer to join non-formal education organizations that are led also by volunteers that ensure commitment and maximum learning.
• Young people learn by progressive self-development through:
  • Learning by doing,
  • Teamwork though the patrol system and training for responsible leadership, and
  • Active cooperation between young people and adults.

Each Guide/Girl Scout defines her own progress and development according to her needs and aspirations within the framework program provided. This contrasts with many formal education systems where young people must fit themselves into a rigid structure with little recognition of individual needs and differences. The Girl Guide/Girl Scout method is the specific way that the leadership works with girls and young women to achieve the mission of WAGGGS. It is an integrated approach with certain key elements: The Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting method can be used equally effectively with girls of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. In his book "Girl Guiding," Lord Baden-Powell (1918) wrote: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world scouting movement. ...

• "Our method of training is to educate from within rather than to instruct from without; to offer games and activities which, while being attractive to the girl, will seriously educate her morally, mentally and physically."

Many Girl Guides and Girl Scouts end up becoming leading politicians, writers, businesswomen, and leaders. Senator Hillary Clinton (United States Senate), the Rt. Hon Dr. Marjorie Mowlam MP (politician in the United Kingdom), Roberta Bondar Ph.D., MD (first Canadian woman astronaut), and Betty Okwir (leading politician in Uganda) are just a few former and current Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ... The Right Honourable Marjorie Mo Mowlam (September 18, 1949 - August 19, 2005) was a British politician, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Labour MP. Her personal charisma, reputation for plain speaking and successful fight against a brain tumour led her to be perceived by many as one of... Dr. Roberta Lynn Bondar, O.C., O.Ont, M.D., Ph. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ...

In 1965, Dame Leslie Whately of the then-Girl Guides World Bureau was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the supranational organization which governs most national Scouting movements. ...

map of WAGGGS regional Girl Guide and Girl Scout divisions; grey areas such as Laos and Cuba have no Scouting

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x628, 63 KB) Summary The map shows the regional divisions of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x628, 63 KB) Summary The map shows the regional divisions of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. ...

World Regions and Centers

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has offices in five regional divisions:

      WAGGGS-Europe Region

      WAGGGS-Arab Region

      WAGGGS-Africa Region

      WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region

      WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region

      There is no WAGGGS Region corresponding to the World Organization of the Scout Movement Eurasian Region; post-Soviet nations are divided between the WAGGGS-Europe Region and the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region.

WAGGGS operates four World Centers that offer training programs, activities and lodging for girls and leaders, as well as members of some other groups and independent travelers. Activities are primarily focused on international friendship and cooperation, personal development and leadership training, enjoyment and service. The Friends of the Four World Centres organisation supports and promotes the centres. Badge of the WAGGGS-Europe Region The WAGGGS-Europe Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which services Guiding in Europe, including the former Soviet Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine, but inclusive of Cyprus, though technically not... Jurisdiction of the WAGGGS-Arab Region The WAGGGS-Arab Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. ... map of members or potential members of the WAGGGS-Africa Region The WAGGGS-Africa Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which services Guiding in Sub-Saharan Africa and neighboring islands that are recognized members of the World Association of Girl Guides... Regional badge of the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region The WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, headquartered in Makati City, Philippines; Australia; and Japan. ... Member countries of the WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region, note several Pacific island chains are linked to the WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region through mainland political ties The WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which services Guiding in North and... The Eurasian Scout Region (in Russian Регионального Бюро Евразия) is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, (in Russian Всемирной ОрганÐ...

The four World Centers are:

• Our Chalet, in Adelboden, Switzerland; opened in 1932.
• Pax Lodge, in Hampstead, London, England; current location opened in 1990. It is actually. London's third World Centre; the first was Our Ark, opened in 1937, which was renamed Olave House on its 25th anniversary.
• Our Cabaña, in Cuernavaca, Mexico; opened in 1957.
• Sangam, in Pune, Maharashtra, India; opened in 1965.

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Badge

WAGGGS membership badge

The symbolism of the WAGGGS World trefoil: The three leaves represent the three duties and the three parts of the promise, the two five point-stars stand for the promise and the law and the vein in the centre represents the compass needle showing the right way. The base of the trefoil stands for the flame of the love of humanity and the colours blue and gold represent the sun shining over all children on the world.^[1] Image File history File links -p-WAGGGSlogo. ... Image File history File links -p-WAGGGSlogo. ...

See also

Scouting Portal

• List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
• World Board

Image File history File links Scoutsgreengoldnoscroll. ... // Table of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one Guiding organization per country. ... Established in 1927, the World Board is a governing board for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). ...

References

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External links

• official website of the WAGGGS
• Olave Baden-Powell Society
• WAGGGS Web Ring
• Differences in Fundamental Principles of WOSM and WAGGGS

Regional divisions of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

Africa Region | Arab Region | Asia Pacific Region | Europe Region | Western Hemisphere Region Image File history File links Wagggs-standard. ... map of members or potential members of the WAGGGS-Africa Region The WAGGGS-Africa Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which services Guiding in Sub-Saharan Africa and neighboring islands that are recognized members of the World Association of Girl Guides... Jurisdiction of the WAGGGS-Arab Region The WAGGGS-Arab Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. ... Regional badge of the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region The WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, headquartered in Makati City, Philippines; Australia; and Japan. ... Badge of the WAGGGS-Europe Region The WAGGGS-Europe Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which services Guiding in Europe, including the former Soviet Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine, but inclusive of Cyprus, though technically not... Member countries of the WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region, note several Pacific island chains are linked to the WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region through mainland political ties The WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which services Guiding in North and...

International Scouting

Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme | International Scout and Guide Fellowship | Order of World Scouts | Scouts-in-Exile | Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d’Europe | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | World Federation of Independent Scouts | World Organization of the Scout Movement Image File history File links Hatcombine. ... Scouts and Guides from different countries on World Scout Moot 1996 Scouting is a worldwide youth organization. ... Image File history File links CESbadge. ... International logo of the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme Known in English as the Confederation of European Scouts, the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme was formed in Brussels, Belgium in 1978, and is based in France. ... Image File history File links -p-ISGFbadge. ... The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of Scout alumni in support of Scouting and Guiding who want to strengthen dialogue between communities through community-oriented projects worldwide. ... Image File history File links ---OWSbadge. ... Membership badge of the Order of World Scouts The Order of World Scouts (OWS) was originally founded in 1911, and revitalized in 1991. ... Image File history File links Scoutsexilebadge. ... badge of Scouts-in-Exile cooperation Scouts-in-Exile, also referred to as Scouts-in-Exteris, are Scouting and Guiding groups formed overseas from their native country as a result of war and changes in governments. ... Image File history File links -p-FSEbadge. ... Membership badge of Guides and Scouts of Europe The Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d’Europe (International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe, UIGSE; also known as Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts dEurope – Fédération du Scoutisme Européen, UISGE-FSE, or simply as... Image File history File links -p-WAGGGSlogo. ... Image File history File links -p-WFISbadge. ... Membership badge of World Federation of Independent Scouts The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) was formed in Laubach, Germany, in 1996 by Lawrie Dring, a British Scouter with the independent Baden-Powell Scouts Association (BPSA). ... Image File history File links WOSMemblemgrp. ... The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the supranational organization which governs most national Scouting movements. ...