Girlguiding restricts membership to girls (biological females) to provide a dedicated, single-sex space focused on empowering young women. Following a late 2025 policy update, the organization operates as a girls-only space, citing the need for specific, tailored development opportunities.
In April, the Supreme Court made a decision about sex and gender. This decision affects many organisations, including Girlguiding. Girlguiding's rules say our members are girls and women. The Supreme Court said that, in the Equality Act 2010, “girls and women” means people whose biological sex at birth is female.
Girl Guides has always been just for girls (they did do a trial run of allowing boys in the 90s but it didn't work out) and it's as simple as that. It's supposed to be a community of girls and women growing together, led and empowered by and through each other.
Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides (or in the United States, Girl Scouts) organisation for girls (in some organisations, there are also boys) aged seven/eight years old to twelve years old, who are too young to be Girl Guides/Scouts and cannot make the Scout Promise.
We are building Girl Scouts of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. To do that, we must first provide a space that is inclusive, equitable, and accessible for all Girl Scouts, across diverse identities including transgender gender expansive youth.
Throughout the First World War, due to the lack of male leaders, but also in recognition of women's already considerable contributions, there were continuous calls for more women to engage in Scouts.
In 1913, just one year after its foundation, the Girl Guides of America had changed its name to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. West, the Chief Boy Scout Executive, worried that use of the term “scouts” by the all-girls' group “trivialized” and “sissified” his Boy Scouts.
DALLAS (AP) — After more than a century, Boy Scouts of America is rebranding as Scouting America, another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change. Founded 114 years ago, the Texas-based organization has recently been mired in turmoil over a flood of sexual abuse claims and bankruptcy.
Activities. Most activities are now similar to those of Scouts but when the Girl Guides started two central themes were present: domestic skills and "a kind of practical feminism which embodies physical fitness, survival skills, camping, citizenship training, and career preparation".
Rangers is an open and relaxed space, where you can regularly meet up with good friends, go on trips at home and abroad, to help make a difference to the things you care about. It's the freedom to be more independent, earn qualifications, badges, awards and to do what makes you happy. Rangers is what you make of it.
What does non-binary mean? In really simple terms, a non-binary person is someone who does not identify as exclusively a man or a woman. Someone who is non-binary might feel like a mix of genders, or like they have no gender at all. Personally, I identify outside of the gender binary entirely.
What tragedy happened during the 11th World Scout Jamboree?
The 11th World Scout Jamboree tragedy refers to the 1963 plane crash of United Arab Airlines Flight 869, which killed 24 Filipino Boy Scouts and their leaders en route to the Jamboree in Greece, crashing into the Arabian Sea near Bombay (Mumbai), India, on July 28, 1963, with no survivors. This devastating loss, commemorated by monuments and named streets in the Philippines, became a poignant part of Scouting history, though a small token delegation later attended the event.
The Do-Dads program is intended to increase adult male participation within the Girl Scout troops as well as the Girl Scout Council. Do-Dads can be fathers, stepfathers, adopted fathers, uncles, close friends, etc. The purpose of this program is to provide quality time for girls and their special Pal.
Yes, bronies are still around, though their numbers and visibility have shifted since the peak of My Little Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (G4), with many transitioning to new interests, new MLP generations (G5), or finding community in related fandoms like furry culture, while dedicated fan creations and conventions continue to thrive in a smaller capacity, notes Reddit users and MomoCon 2022 attendees. The core fandom remains active, producing art and music, even as the landscape of MLP media evolves and the focus shifts from G4's conclusion.
It is the philosophy of Scouting to welcome all eligible youth, regardless of race, ethnic background, gender or orientation, who are willing to accept Scouting's values and meet any other requirements of membership.
