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News from Girl Guides, Girl Scouts, volunteers and members around the world
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Congratulations Sandy Thomas, Volunteer Medal of Service 2020!
Congratulations Sandy Thomas, Volunteer Medal of Service 2020!
- 16th July 2020
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Heidi Jokinen elected Chair of the World Board
Heidi Jokinen has been elected as Chair of the World Board from August 2020 to World Conference 2021 and Tashia Batstone has been elected as Vice-Chair for the same period.
- 8th July 2020
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Being a young advocate means leading for change!
The Young Women’s Advocacy Forum is an initiative, which allows WAGGGS to support a network of young women who have participated in a WAGGGS programmes to focus on advocacy. Free Being Me has been delivering specialised Action on Body Confidence training for young women to launch their ABC national advocacy and gender equality campaigns since 2018. The Young Women’s Advocacy Forum first took place in the UN General Assembly in September 2018 and then at Women Deliver Conference in June 2019.
- 1st July 2020
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Join the Young Women’s Advocacy Forum 2020
The Young Women’s Advocacy Forum (YWAF) is back and will be going #digital in 2020!
- 22nd June 2020
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Black Lives Matter
We condemn systemic and structural racism against Black people in all forms and we stand by every individual who has suffered this injustice.
- 3rd June 2020
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Period’s don’t stop for pandemics! Menstrual Hygiene day 2020
Period’s don’t stop for pandemics! Menstrual Hygiene day 2020
- 27th May 2020
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Member Organisations in Africa move membership strategy online
Despite restrictions on Guiding in the community, WAGGGS African Member Organisations have been getting proactive from their own homes by adopting an online Membership Development and Retention strategy.
- 19th May 2020
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Leading Out (Loud) by Colouring In
An exciting project created by Joanna Zychla from the Polish Scouting and Guiding Organisation and Elizabeth Chunda from the Zambia Girl Guide Association
- 15th May 2020
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Girl Powered Nutrition launch series of digital challenges
To help you learn about good nutrition, WAGGGS invites you to get involved in the Girl Powered Nutrition (GPN) challenge series!
- 30th April 2020
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Even though the world is in lockdown, the body confidence revolution doesn’t have to stop!
This week WAGGGS is joining Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to celebrate World Health Day, a global day of action dedicated to reminding world leaders of the critical role our health services play in keeping the world healthy. It is also a time to focus on our wellbeing.
- 8th April 2020
- Global