World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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| Headquarters | Pax Lodge, London | ||
| Country | 145 countries worldwide | ||
| Founded | 1928 | ||
| Founder | Robert Baden-Powell | ||
| Membership | 10 million | ||
| Chair World Board | Nicola Grinstead | ||
| CEO | Anita Tiessen | ||
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The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS /ˈwæɡz/) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). WAGGGS is organized into five regions and operates four international Guiding centers. It holds full member status in the European Youth Forum (YFJ), which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with these bodies.
The mission of the WAGGGS is to enable girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world.
WAGGGS provides a non-formal educational program that provides 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.
WAGGGS is 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.
Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting is open to all girls and young women without distinction of creed, race, nationality, or any other circumstance. WAGGGS believes that the education of girls, and 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.
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