The World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) offers girls and young
women in Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting an international family. Girls and
young women across the world are joined by common bonds of understanding,
friendship, the Promise and Law and their aspirations to make the world a better
place.
WAGGGS is the official umbrella
organization for all national Girl Guide and Girl Scout organizations in the
world. It comprises 144 Member Organizations, which are organized into
five regions – Africa, Arab, Asia Pacific, Europe and Through its
Member Organizations, WAGGGS provides a high quality non-formal educational
programme that provides dynamic, flexible and values-based training in life
skills, leadership and decision making.
WAGGGS
offers projects and programmes at an international level that enable Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts to be responsible world citizens through teamwork, service and
action in the community.
There are
approximately 10 million individual members of the World Association of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts. As such, the organization provides a platform
for discussion, debate and decision making about issues that affect girls and
young women.
Through WAGGGS, young women have the opportunity to
meet with their peers around the world and to participate in exciting
international projects with major international UN and non-governmental
organization partners.