Press releases
| 10 October 2012 | Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in over 50 countries will celebrate the first ever International Day of the Girl 10 October 2012 – From girls empowerment marches in Zimbabwe, to the launch of a new advocates programme for girls in Australia, to young women in Madagascar talking about ending violence on a global Google hangout with UN Women, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in over 50 countries will celebrate the first ever International Day of the Girl on 11 October 2012. |
| 10 October 2012 | International Day of the Girl PRESS RELEASE - Template for MO's Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in over 50 countries will celebrate the first ever International Day of the Girl 10 October 2012 – From girls empowerment marches in Zimbabwe, to the launch of a new advocates programme for girls in Australia, to young women in Madagascar talking about ending violence on a global Google hangout with UN Women, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in over 50 countries will celebrate the first ever International Day of the Girl on 11 October 2012. |
| 19 June 2012 | Negotiators at Rio+20 awarded Girl Guide badge 19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro – The first time a Girl Guide is awarded a Girl Guide badge is a time of joy and sense of achievement. It is therefore with great pride that the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) will award the Brazilian Girl Guide badge ‘Citizenship Specialist’ to the Education, Health and Gender group representatives from Switzerland, the European Union, United States of America, Australia, Norway and the G77 for their support in reintroducing ‘non-formal education’ into the draft outcome document. |
| 8 March 2012 | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognized on Top 50 list of ideas and solutions improving the lives of girls and women worldwide 8 March 2012, London – The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) was today announced as one of the 50 most inspiring ideas and solutions delivering for girls and women across the globe for its campaign to “Stop the violence – speak out for girls’ rights,” as part of Women Deliver’s International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrations. In addition, the World Association this year confirms a partnership with internationalwomensday.com as their charity of choice, and Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world bring the theme “Connecting girls, inspiring futures” to life, with actions including Tweeting the #womensday hashtag, participating in a special webcast and adding their voices to the Stop the Violence campaign. |
| 7 March 2012 | Stop the Violence campaign chosen as one of the “Women Deliver 50" WAGGGS "Stop the Violence - Speak out for girl's rights" campaign has been chosen as one of the “Women Deliver 50: the most inspiring ideas and solutions delivering for women.” “The selection of the World Association’s campaign to stop violence against girls and young women in the Top 50 acknowledges the crucial role girls and young women play as leaders of change on such challenging issues as gender based violence and ultimately in determining just and equal societies. Only through empowering girls themselves can we overcome what sometimes seem like such intractable issues,” said Mary Mc Phail, Chief Executive of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The World Association’s campaign was nominated because of the impact that it has had on girls and women 145 countries around the world. Download the press release and visit www.stoptheviolencecampaign.com to find out more. |
| 2 December 2011 | WAGGGS and WOSM hold a joint press conference at COP 17 28 representatives from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) are at the United Nations climate change conference, COP 17, representing their 40million strong membership with the clear message that countries must reach a fair, ambitious and binding agreement in Durban. Whilst many nations are paying scant attention to their populations’ demands on climate change, WAGGGS and WOSM are actively consulting their members. To help formulate its COP 17 strategy, WAGGGS conducted a global environment survey in September 2011 in over 100 countries.With a strong mandate from its membership, WAGGGS and WOSM have come to COP 17 with five key demands. |
| 21 September 2011 | MEPs and NGOs call for effective action from the EU in ending gender-based violence The European Union must put an end to 'hypocrisy' and go from talk to effective action to end violence against women and girls in internal and external policies, say MEPs and NGOs |
| 18 August 2011 | Stop the violence campaign launch press release Stop the violence campaign launch press release |
| 17 March 2011 | Young Women's World Forum press release Young Women's World Forum press release |
| 29 November 2010 | WAGGGS at COP 16 - press release Girl Guides representing 10 million girls worldwide to speak out against climate change at COP 16 in Mexico, November 2010. |
| 1 September 2010 | World Youth Conference- European Youth Forum- press release Youth is key to achieve the Millennium Development Goals! World Youth Conference 2010, León, Mexico. Press release, European Youth Forum. 30 August 2010. |
| 9 April 2010 | Press release- Entrepreneur is appointed Chair of the Global Girls' Fund Entrepreneur and Secret Millionaire television star Kavita Oberoi is appointed Chair of the Global Girls’ Fund and US$2million is donated by the UPS Foundation. Press release, 10 April 2010. |
| 9 April 2010 | Press release- Girl Guides and Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years of changing lives. 10 April 2010, the 100th day of the year, marks the first Centenary Celebration Day for international Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting. Press release, 10 April 2010. |
| 22 March 2010 | Press release- Statement on WAGGGS participation at the CSW Statement on WAGGGS participation at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), March 2010. |
| 8 March 2010 | Press release- CSW Girl Guides and Girl Scouts celebrate International Women’s day with advocacy efforts at United Nations’ CSW, Press release, 8 March 2010. |
| 22 February 2010 | Press release- World Thinking Day 2010 Girl Guides and Girl Scouts fight poverty and hunger on World Thinking Day. Press release, 22 February 2010. |
| 16 December 2009 | Press release- Ten million girls ramp up their climate change action with a $US2million injection from The UPS Foundation Press release, 16 December 2009, Copenhagen. Ten million girls ramp up their climate change action with a $US2million injection from The UPS Foundation. |
| 16 November 2009 | Earth Hour's Vote Earth - Media release Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world Vote Earth! Media release. |
| 19 August 2009 | TUNZA conference -press release -Unite for Climate launch TUNZA Conference- press release on the Unite for Climate launch on 20 August. |
| 3 April 2009 | Press release- WAGGGS at the UN Alliance of Civilizations World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts selected to attend the UN Alliance of Civilizations- Press release. |
| 5 August 2008 | Press release - Innovative HIV and AIDS training toolkit developed by girls and young women 5 August 2008, Mexico City - The World Association of Girl Guides and Scouts, WAGGGS, today introduced its new innovative HIV and AIDS training toolkit which empowers young women to protect themselves against HIV infection, to advocate in their communities and to fight stigma and fear at AIDS 2008 in Mexico City |
| 10 July 2008 | Press release - Girl Guides adopt frank and open approach in worldwide AIDS programme 10 July 2008, Johannesburg – The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) today launched an HIV and AIDS training toolkit designed to strengthen the movement’s role in combating the pandemic in 140-plus countries where it has member organisations. |
| 8 March 2007 | Press release-International Women's Day Press release. WAGGGS celebrates International Women's Day with a new Chief Executive. |
| 19 January 2007 | Press release - The Birth of Guiding The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts will celebrate the centenary of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting in 2010-2012. |
| 6 December 2006 | Press release-New Chief Executive for WAGGGS Press release. Mary Mc Phail, new Chief Executive for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. |