World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
Association mondiale des guides et des éclaireuses (AMGE)
Asociación Mundial de las Guias Scouts (AMGS)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.wagggs.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wagggsworld/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-association-of-girl-guides-and-girl-scouts/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wagggsworld
Founded
1928-05-17 Budapest Hungary
History
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Enable girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world; provide girls and young women with opportunities for self-training in development of character, responsible citizenship and service in their own and world communities; advocate on behalf of girls and young women on issues that affect them.
Events
2026 | Cambodia – Triennial World Conference2025-07-19 | Vienna, Austria – European Scout Conference
142 past events available with paid subscription only.
Activities
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Participates in the work of: E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations.
- Accredited by: United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
- Member of: European Youth Centres (EYCs)
- Links with: Advisory Council on Youth Questions of the Council of Europe
- Links with: European Commission (EC)
- Links with: European Youth Foundation (EYF)
- Links with: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)(World Bank)
- Links with: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Links with: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Links with: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
- Links with: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
- Links with: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Links with: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
- Links with: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Links with: World Food Programme (WFP)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Close links with: B-XB0194 - World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). European Region is member of: Children's Rights Action Group; F-XF1647 - European Women's Lobby (EWL); D-XD5676 - European Youth Forum; E-XE0945 - Federation of European and International Associations Established in Belgium (FAIB). Founding member of: E-XJ2408 - NGO Forum on Environment (FOE).
- Member of: Child Rights Connect
- Member of: Child Rights International Network (CRIN)
- Member of: CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
- Member of: Committee of NGOs on Human Rights, Geneva
- Member of: Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
- Member of: Espacio Iberoamericano de Juventud (EIJ)
- Member of: Foro Latinoamericano de Juventud (FLAJ)
- Member of: Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
- Member of: New York NGO Committee on Drugs (NYNGOC)
- Member of: NGO Committee on Financing for Development, New York(as Full member)
- Member of: NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva
- Member of: NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee
- Member of: NGO Committee on UNICEF
- Member of: Philanthropy Impact
- Member of: United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
- Member of: Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC)
- Member of: Vienna NGO Committee on the Family
- Member of: Youth and United Nations Global Alliance (YUNGA)
- Cooperates with: Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM)
- Partner of: Every Woman Every Child (EWEC)
- Partner of: Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA)
- Links with: Clean Up the World (CUW)
- Links with: Graduate Women International (GWI)
- Links with: International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
- Links with: International Catholic Conference of Guiding (ICCG)
- Links with: International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
- Links with: International Council of Women (ICW)
- Links with: International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International)
- Links with: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Links with: International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF)
- Links with: International Union of the Pluralist-Secular Scout-Guide Associations
- Links with: Lions Clubs International (LCI)
- Links with: Rotary International (RI)
- Links with: Soroptimist International (SI)
- Links with: The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation
- Links with: World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCA)
- Links with: World Foundation for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Links with: World Scout Bureau - European Regional Office
- Links with: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- Links with: World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA)
- Links with: Zonta International
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB3469
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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