Take Action

Our Vision is to be the voice of girls and young women to build a better world. This is what advocacy is about. Advocacy is about speaking out to influence others and bring about positive change. This is why we created this section and named it Take Action

We aim not only to speak out on behalf of girls and young women everywhere, but also to empower young women to speak out for themselves. 

Ever since young women joined the Boy Scout Rally at Crystal Palace in 1909 demanding a place for girls, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts have spoken out about issues which affect them.
WAGGGS has had a voice at the UN for 60 years. Volunteer UN teams are strategically placed in six UN cities. These teams work closely with the UN and its programmes and agencies, for example ECOSOC, UNICEF, FAO und UNESCO. At the regional level, WAGGGS cooperates for example with the European Union and the African Union.

WAGGGS gives opportunities to young women to speak out and influence others at international events.

Advocacy for WAGGGS means to influence people to take decisions that will improve our lives and the lives of others.

In detail this means:

we influence people (= by speaking, doing and educating )

to take decisions (= for example change policies or regulations, allocate funding, provide support)

that will improve our life and the lives of others (= the result we are trying to achieve)

For WAGGGS, influencing always includes:

Speaking Out, Doing and Educating.

This means:

Speaking out on issues that affect girls and young women and influencing opinion-formers

Doing projects that address root causes of issues affecting girls and young women

Educating girls, young women and society at large in areas such as leadership, health, peace and world citizenship

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has legitimacy. It has standing. And creating active citizens is part of what the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts campaigning is about

Salil Shetty, UN, Director of Millennium Development Goals Campaign
We have recently been advocating at two major international events: the Climate Change Conference (COP15) and the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Read the daily updates that the WAGGGS delegates wrote during each event.

WAGGGS Advocacy toolkit

The toolkit is designed to enable Member Organizations and leaders to introduce or develop an advocacy campaign in their Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting groups and to help influence decision-makers to improve the lives of girls and young women.

You can download an electronic copy for free in Arabic, English, French or Spanish.

Get involved in advocacy

In addition to the advocacy toolkit there are many other ways you can get involved with advocacy at WAGGGS:

  • Attend an advocacy seminar at one of the World Centres or hosted by the regions
  • Learn about the MDGs using the Global Action Theme (GAT) activity pack and earn a GAT badge
  • Participate in one of the many campaigns WAGGGS organizers and partners with other NGOs and groups.
  • Join with an existing coalition and campaigning on a global day of action.
  • Support another MOs advocacy project by transferring skills or providing funds
  • Apply to come along to an international event, such as the UN climate change conference or the UN Commission on the Status of Women where you can be part of a youth delegation influencing decision-makers
  • Become a subject matter expert on topics such as climate change or hunger and poverty and help us develop resources for other young women and MOs to use to advocate on these issues

For further information or to learn how you can get involved, contact us directly on advocacy@wagggsworld.org or call the Communications and Advocacy team on 0044 20 7794 1181

Your comments

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dahmani samia - 22 January 2013 - 2.13PM (GMT)

I WANT TO BE WITH YOU GIRLS ^_^

hayat elmahdi - 12 September 2011 - 12.48AM (GMT)

I am so passionate about this movement .I don't know why I have not acknowledged it these past years.I hope to make up the rest of my life,insha-Allah

autumn martin in canada - 23 January 2010 - 2.15AM (GMT)

i theik the girls in arab are doing somthing great in there comunity!
peace i love you guys!

ghadeeer alkhateeb - 7 November 2007 - 4.17PM (GMT)

I'm really happy to be one of this wonderful team,,,,

Bhanu Parajuli - 2 November 2007 - 7.53AM (GMT)

I would like to appreciate for the act of acting ahead for the well good of the girls movement this is what bp wants from us to rise n help others to rise this is a sign of true citizen. You are doing wonderful task not for yourselves but for each and every women to be educated then only they can guide their life n family to the path of goodness. I am in this movement since standard six. I love the movement it has help me alot in life.
The page is good n try to add photo gallery of the tasks done n reports of work. I express good wishes ahead!
I wish to get more information about the movement and want to see n visit the activities of scouts in qatar n make a report of scouts for self collection as long i stay here.
Wish to hear from you in future.
Good Hunting!!
"If you go ahead you will die, if you go behind you will die, better go ahead and die." -BP

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