Lesley Bulman-LeverChief Executive
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Elspeth HendersonChairman, World BoardWAGGGS
GSUSA
Convention
October 2005
AtlantaGeorgia
USA
What is WAGGGS?
145 countries
•10 million members
New Challenges New Opportunities
World Board
Three Major Goals
• Leadership Development• Growing Member Organizations• The voice of girls and young women
Strategic Plan
To achieve all 3 goals
•Exchange good practice•Exciting materials
The Right to be Me
The Right to Work Together
The Right to be Heard
The Right to be Happy
The Right to Learn
The Right to Live in a Peaceful Environment
To achieve all 3 goals
• Exchange good practice• Exciting materials• Badge curriculums• Four World Centres
Leadership Development• Juliette Low Seminars• Peace Seminar, Rwanda• UPS Signature Programme
Growing Member Organizations
Growing Member Organizations
• Mongolia, Chad, Qatar, Malawi, Armenia & Cambodia
• Arab-Europe Forum
• Partnering between Member Organizations
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Speaking out on behalf of girls and young women
Girls
Funders
Influencers
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going places
professional
relevant
Member Organizations’ area
Girls & young women’s site
As good as WE can make it
Three issues
•Health Education•Against the Trafficking of girls
and young women•Right of girls to education
girls worldwide say “fight AIDS”
girls worldwide say “make healthy food choices”
girls worldwide say “prevent adolescent pregnancy”
girls worldwide say “it is important to talk about sex”
girls worldwide say “let’s talk about the danger of drugs”
girls worldwide say “ban smoking in public places”
girls worldwide say “discover your potential”
7 Key Messages
Human Development Index statistics
High Lowest% Live on less than $1/day 0 70% Adult literacy 99 9 % Primary school enrol 100 28 % Secondary school enrol 98 4 Babies/woman 1 6-7
UNICEF Statistics% Child labour (5-14) ~ 62% Married before 18 ~ 77
(86 in rural areas)
“To put yourself in another's place
requires real imagination,
but by doing so each Girl Scout
will be able to live among others
happily.”
Supporting WAGGGS
•Cascade reaches more•Effective and fair•Influence decisions
thank you
Girl Scouts of the USA
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