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

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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

Our Challenge