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World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. 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. About WAGGGS.

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World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

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  1. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

  2. 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.

  3. About WAGGGS • The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is the 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 • The World Centres are residential training centres where girls and young women develop skills through international programmes and friendships

  4. About WAGGGS • The World Conference and the World Board provide the direction and framework for WAGGGS activities • WAGGGS and its MOs educate, take action and speak out on topics such as environmental sustainability, equality and empowerment, poverty and ending violence against girls and women. • We also work towards encouraging youth participation, female leadership and increasing awareness on the value of non-formal education. • WAGGGS develops programmes and resources to support this work at the global, regional, national and community level, based on the needs of our MOs.

  5. WAGGGS programmes and initiatives • Millennium Development Goal programme - Global Action Theme, “Together we can change our world” • Global advocacy campaign – “Stop the violence – speak out for girls’ rights” • WAGGGS Leadership Development Programme (WLDP) • Coaching and Mentoring • Centenary • World Thinking Day

  6. WAGGGS opportunities • World Centre events and seminars • Community leadership and advocacy events, challenge and adventure, self-development, international friendship, resident and community programme volunteer • WAGGGS regional and global events and seminars • World Conference and Regional Conferences for MOs and representatives, fund development, leadership development and PR and advocacy training • External events • Commission on the Status of Women, UN climate change conferences (COPs), Rio+20

  7. 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.

  8. The GAT story so far • More than 60,000 GAT badges distributed • 16 languages • 257 young women delegates at YWWF 2010 and 2011 • Two badge curricula on climate change and biodiversity with FAO • 22 GAT champions • MOUs with FAO, UNICEF, UNEP, UN WOMEN, Millennium Campaign • Over 100 youth delegates at CSW, COPs, World Youth Conference • Strategic partnership resource 2010 • Training on MDGs, partnerships, fund development, advocacy at World Centres, leadership seminars, Regional and World Conferences • WTDs on four MDGs so far with more than 500,000 website hits

  9. Stop the violence campaign • 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.com • Badge curriculum with UN Women – 20 pilot MOs • 10 April 2012 – national campaign launched • Report on where it is safest to be a girl with Plan International • Survey on girls perception and experiences of violence

  10. Centenary 2010 Plant 2011 Grow 2012 Share

  11. Centenary • 103 MOs have taken part in a centenary activities • 257 young women from 94 MOs have participated in the YWWFs • 30,000 centenary activity packs have been downloaded • World Centres have celebrated each year • Regional and World Conferences were themed on the centenary • 138 Centenary Ambassadors • Centenary merchandise

  12. Centenary around the world • Ireland – Centenary celebration day for 6,000 people and the centenary logo was beamed onto the moon • Sri Lanka - A rally for 3,500 people on empowering girls and young women • Korea – Plant, Grow, Share camp for 10,500 campers from 20 countries

  13. Centenary 2012 – Share • Girls World Forum is the final instalment in the US in July 2012. • 2012 centenary activity pack • 10 April 2012 • Share the Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting story • Share your voice to stop violence • Global Action to happen at the end of 2012 will be announced on centenary web pages

  14. New marketing campaign www.girlsimaginemore.com

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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, volunteer programme • 5th World Centre pilot project • Africa based World Centre experiences at Member Organization training centres

  18. WAGGGS regional and global events • WLDP Japan October 2012 • Juliette Low Seminar October/November 2012 • WLDP Denmark February 2013 • Helen Storrow March 2013 • World Centres events and seminars throughout the year

  19. 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

  20. WAGGGS online • Website - www.wagggs.org • The latest news from around the world • WAGGGS/World Centres event information • Resources such as programmes, communication material, templates • Facebook www.facebook.com/wagggs • Twitter @wagggs_world • Utubewww.youtube.com/user/WAGGGS2008 • Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/wagggs

  21. Thank you

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