World Association of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts
History
• 1909 Birth of Guiding: girls demanded
to participate in Scouting activities
• By 1910 Lady Agnes Baden-Powell
founded the Girl Guide Movement. Later
Lady Olave Baden-Powell took over
• 1928 WAGGGS was established
in London as umbrella for all
National Member Organizations
About WAGGGS
• largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and
young women in the world
• 145 Member Organizations (MOs), with 10 million Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts around the world
• Five WAGGGS regions – Africa, Arab, Asia Pacific,
Europe and Western Hemisphere
• Four World Centres: Our Chalet in Switzerland, Pax
Lodge in the UK and Our Cabana in Mexico and
Sangam in India
Vision and Mission
Vision
• All girls and young women are valued
and take action to change the world.
Mission
• To enable girls and young women to
develop their fullest potential as
responsible citizens of the world.
WAGGGS strategic goals 20122014
WAGGGS work centred around two
strategic goals to achieve our vision
1. Provide more opportunities for girls and
young women to grow and lead
2. Empower girls and young women to be
agents of change in the world
• Around 35 staff members
including the CEO are based at
World Bureau, Olave Centre
in London, England
• Around 33 staff based
in regions (including
the Europe Office) and
World Centres around
the world
WAGGGS Structure
WAGGGS is governed by a World Board with
17 elected members from Member
Organizations around the world, including
Regional Chairs from five Regional
Committees
• Member Organizations meet at World
Conference every three years to agree on
policies and elect World Board members
• Regional Committee members are elected at
Regional Conferences held every three years
WAGGGS five Regions
Europe Region
39 Member Organizations
Arab Region
14 Member Organizations
Western
Hemisphere
Region
36 Member
Organizations
Africa Region
31 Member Organizations
Asia Pacific Region
25 Member Organizations
Our World Centres
Our Chalet
Switzerland (1932)
Our Cabaña
Mexico (1957)
Sangam
India (1966)
Pax Lodge
UK (1991)
Africa pilot
(2012-2013)
International
experience,
leadership
opportunities
and adventure
World Centres
• Pax Lodge, UK
– London location, history of Girl Guiding, ‘Get Away’
and educational events
• Our Chalet, Switzerland
– Adelboden, spectacular mountain setting, challenge
and adventure, environmental leadership
• Our Cabana, Mexico
– Cuernavaca, safe and supported environment, cultural
learning
• Sangam, India
– Pune, safe and supported environment, community
leadership and cultural learning, community
programme
• 5th World Centre pilot project
– Africa based World Centre experiences at Member
Organization training centres
World Centres opportunities
• Seminars and events
• Day and evening programmes
• Group guests, individual guests, bed and
breakfast, day visitors
• Coeducational
• Some bilingual programme
• Programme synergy with MO programmes
• Volunteering - guest services, marketing and
communications
• Community partnerships, community
programmes
The added value of being
Members
 Part of the largest association for
Girls and Young Women
 WAGGGS resources and branding
 Expertise and network
 Broad offer of services…
Resources
 Activity packs for members (e.g.
Thinking Day Packs)
 Toolkits (e.g. Succession
Planning)
 Badge Curriculum (e.g. Internet
Safety)
 Resource material (e.g.
Leadership development)
Events (worldwide)
WLDP (World Leadership
Development Programme)
Juliette Low / Helen Storrow
(Leadership for young women)
Advocacy, programmes and
community action
 Campaigns (e.g. Stop the Violence, the
environment and climate change)
 Global Action Theme “Together we can
change our world” on Millennium Development
Goals
 Post-2015 development
framework
 Cooperation with ‘Big 6’, NGOs, United
Nations
 Volunteering opportunities:
World Centres, External Conferences
etc.
External events
• Rio+20 Earth Summit July 2012
• COP 18 (UN climate change
conference) November/December 2012
• Commission on the Status of Women
(CSW) March 2013
Monitoring, evaluating and
strengthening the quality
Performance Assessments
MOs surveys
Accreditation of Training Schemes
Consultations and exchange
The Europe Region
Making voice of European MOs
heard
Mentoring support
Tailor made solutions
Country contact
Support for Fund Development
Expertise and knowledge
management
The Europe Region
Leadership development
opportunities (e.g. Working
Groups)
Events and ‘joint work’
Toolkits and other resources (e.g.
Gender toolkit)
Youth policy development
Partnerships: CoE, YFJ, IAA…
EVS in Brussels
Joint areas of work with WOSM
in this triennium
• Growth through quality
• Volunteering
• Embracing change
Support to deliver the Mission in
coeducational settings
 Coeducational statement
 Guidelines on the adaptation of
programme material for use in
Coeducational settings
 Development of adapted badge
curriculum (SVC)
 Development of adapted materials
(Thinking Day 2012)
 WLDP for male and female participants
(Feb.2013)
Global Action Theme (GAT)
“Together we can change our world”
• GAT is an educational and
advocacy programme, which
develops awareness, and
supports action at community,
national and international level
by WAGGGS, Member
Organizations, and Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts to achieve the
UN Millennium Development
Goals.
Implementing GAT
• GAT Toolkit
• GAT badge curriculum and
guidelines
• Strategic partnerships resource
• Annual MDG themed World
Thinking Day activity pack and
website
• GAT projects – Mutual Aid, Olave
Awards, Centenary projects, FAO
mini grants
World Thinking Day
• 22 February – themed around different
MDGs each year
– 2012 MDG 3 Environmental sustainability
– 2013 MDGs 4+5 Reducing child mortality
and improving maternal health
– 2014 MDG 2 Universal primary education
– 2015 MDG 8 Peace and partnerships
World Thinking Day 2012
“we can save our planet”
• Activity pack
– Fun, educational activities
– Fundraising ideas
– Speaking out
• Website
www.worldthinkingday.org
• Survey to collect girls views
on environment to take to
COP 17 and Rio +20
• Collect 201,200 actions to
save our planet
• Collected more than
200,000 environmental
actions so far
World Thinking Day 2013
Support Focus
Country projects
Advocacy
action!
Share the WTD
message
World
Centres’
events
www.worldthinkingday.org
Stop the violence campaign
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Global advocacy campaign
Consultation with Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts showed violence
against girls and young women
was a concern for them
More than 7500 voices added on
the campaign counter
www.stoptheviolencecampaign.co
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Badge curriculum with UN Women
– 20 pilot MOs – launched March
2013
10 April 2012 – national campaign
launched
•Survey on girls
perception and
experiences of violence
What you can do to
stop the violence
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Add your voice to the campaign counter
Get other people to add their voices
Join the advocacy network
Raise awareness about the issues within the Movement
and externally
Do an activity with your units/groups or in your
community and tell us about it
Take part in the 16 days campaign in November
Develop a campaign action plan, to run the campaign in
your country
Send a young woman to an international event as an
advocacy delegate
Influence decision-makers using WAGGGS statements
and research
Organize advocacy training for national board/leaders
WAGGGS Leadership Development Programme
Providing opportunities for existing leaders to
develop international leadership skills and
experiences, to meet their needs and the needs of
the organization at national, regional and world
level.
Actively developing potential leaders, specifically
young women for current and future roles in their
national organization as well as in regional and
global resource pools and committees.
WAGGGS Leadership Development Programme
• WAGGGS Leadership Development
Programme delivered through Helen
Storrow seminars, Juliette Low
seminars
• Leadership toolkits and guidelines
• WLDP e-learning platform
• WLDP facilitators training
• Coaching and Mentoring approach
New marketing campaign
www.girlsimaginemore.com
The world we want for girls
Join the call to action
http://wagggsworld.org/en/news/22162
Thank you