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Register for the Young Women's World Forum 2011!

Are you a young women aged between 20 and 30? Do you have an interest in the Millennium Development Goals? Do you want to develop the skills and confidence to bring about change in your community and your country?

If you have answered “yes” to these questions, we would like to invite you to register your young women for the Young Women’s World Forum 2011 (YWWF 2011) which takes place between 19 and 26 March 2011 at the four World Centres simultaneously.

This exciting event is the second in a series of events which are part of the global centenary celebrations of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting. The first Young Women’s World Forum (2010) is being organized by Girl Guiding UK and the final event will be organized with Girl Scouts of the USA in 2012. The focus for all three events will be the WAGGGS’ Global Action Theme, girls worldwide say “together we can change our world” which addresses the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which aim to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015.

The YWWF 2011 programme will focus on the MDGs of “End poverty and hunger”, “Promote gender equality and empower women” and “Environmental sustainability”, topics selected in consultation with young women. The programme will include the following elements:

  • the opportunity to exchange with external experts
  • the development of advocacy skills
  • the design of a personal action plan for change by each delegate, to be undertaken with
  • the support of the Member Organization
  • the opportunity for delegates from all four World Centres to work together virtually the presentation of a declaration outlining ways in which national governments and international government bodies, civil society, WAGGGS and its members can change our world

We are looking for young women from each Member Organization who meet the following criteria to participate in the event:

  • aged between 20 and 30
  • active members of their Member Organization (with no requirement to have attended previous WAGGGS events)
  • fluent in French, English or Spanish to contribute and benefit fully from the Forum
  • committed to working actively with the results of the Forum within their Member Organization
  • have an interest in on of the three selected Millennium Development Goals

If you have young women that meet the above criteria, we ask that you encourage them to apply as we hope that every Member Organization will be represented at the Forum in 2011.

Registration forms are available from the WAGGGS website. Please note there are 3 sections, to be completed by the participant and by the International Commissioner (or equivalent). Forms must be returned to WAGGGS by Sunday 5 September, either via email (electronic format) at ywwf2011@wagggsworld.org or to the World Bureau, 12c Lyndhurst Road, London NW3 5PQ.

There will be some funding available for selected participants. Grants will be allocated after the registration deadline (5 September 2010).

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Girl Scouts Forever Green

Your Girl Scout and other members of her Girl Scouts Forever Green - Community Action Project are invited to participate in the Girl Scouts Voices Research Panel to tell us about their Girl Scout experiences in a few short surveys throughout the year. They will help us better understand how Girl Scouting is benefiting girls and how we can make their experiences even more beneficial. Your Girl Scout'sparticipation is critical to the success of this year's effort.

Here are other important details about this Girl Scout study:

• If your Girl Scoutis age 13 or younger, to participate a parent or guardian will need to go to www.GirlScoutsVoices.org, and follow the easy steps. Parents complete the registration/permission process and girls complete the survey.
• If your Girl Scout is age 14 or older, to get started, she will go to www.GirlScoutsVoices.org, and follow the easy steps.
Participation is completely voluntary. You may withdraw from participating at any time. Your responses are completely confidential. Your name will not appear on the surveys. No council staff or volunteers will ever know how you responded.

These surveys are solely for research purposes related to Girl Scouts of the USA. You will not be marketed to as a result of participating. Responses are completely confidential and will not be tied to individuals or troops, so no one will ever know how you or your troop responded to the questions.

Thank you for your participation and we sincerely hope that you will be a part of this effort. Thank you in advance for supporting this work!

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