WAGGGS 2024 - 2029 Global Strategy
Our purpose
Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting is the world’s largest voluntary movement dedicated to empowering girls and young women. We create opportunities for young people to learn by doing, have fun and practise leadership, so they can believe in themselves and their power to make their world a better place.
Our youth members across the 152 national Member Organisations (MOs) have told us they want to see a world that is equal, yet they feel uncertain about their futures. Gender inequality, the climate emergency, increasing mental health issues, and rising gender-based discrimination and violence continue to impact negatively on girls and young women around the world. They care about environmental sustainability, gender and racial inequalities, and peace and security. They want to live in a world that’s fair and doesn’t hold them back because of who they are, what they believe or where they live. Through Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting, girls can be themselves, feel safe, included, happy, connected, empowered and confident to learn new things and change their world.[1]
The WAGGGS Global Team is made up of dedicated volunteers and staff working across the five WAGGGS Regions: Africa Region, Arab Region, Asia Pacific Region, Europe Region and the Western Hemisphere Region. We provide tools, connections, and the global voice to keep the Girl Guide/Scout Movement united, thriving and growing.
[1] From WAGGGS 2022 International Day of the Girl poll
We achieve this primarily through connecting and supporting our Member Organisations and coordinating governance of the Movement. In addition, we offer members (youth and volunteers) international experiences, global volunteering opportunities and leadership events to strengthen their connection to the global Movement. These initiatives support MOs to recruit, and retain members, and build the capacity of young women and volunteers.
Our strengths
Our 152 national Member Organisations are all independent, yet are united by a shared history, values, and a belief that Girl Guiding/Scouting gives young people the space and the experiences they need to develop to their fullest potential. Together we have a global reach of 8.8 million members – we are the largest Movement for girls and young woman – highly recognisable by our trefoil and brand.
Our non-formal education methodology is central to the Girl Guide/Scout experience and sets us apart from other organisations. WAGGGS Global Team’s expertise and knowledge, in non-formal education and leadership, position us as a thought leader, with a track-record of delivering high quality capacity building and resources to the Movement.
The dedicated pool of volunteers who give their time, skills, and tremendous energy to deliver WAGGGS work are a vital asset, hugely strengthening our capacity and expertise to meet the needs of the Movement.
Our collective vision for the Movement
In 2021, we adopted Compass 2032 as the long-term vision statement for the Girl Guide/Scout Movement. It provides the direction of travel for every Member Organisation and the WAGGGS Global Team from 2021 to 2032.
Compass 2032 has two parts: the first sentence is our vision for the world; the second sentence is our vision for the Movement. It describes the Movement we need to become so we can fully contribute to creating the world girls want:
Our Vision is an equal world where all girls can thrive.
By 2032 we will be a girl-led Movement where every and any girl feels confident to lead, and empowered to create a better world together.
Working towards Compass 2032 is a shared responsibility for the WAGGGS Global Team and all Girl Guide and Girl Scout organisations. We will all align our respective strategies to the Compass 2032 collective vision.
WAGGGS 2024-2029 strategy outlines how the Global Team will contribute to Compass 2032 over the next six years of the journey.
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