< WAGGGS

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Members' area

Women in Europe

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts helps girls and young women to develop leadership and life skills, so that they can become self-motivated, responsible and active participants of their local communities and at all levels of society.
 
By becoming a member, or by supporting WAGGGS, you can help us change these facts:
    • Only 18.4% of members of national Parliaments in Europe are women
    • 25% of all women trafficked for sexual exploitation world-wide are estimated to be from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
    • Sweden is the only country in Europe where women form 50% of government, proportional to their percentage in the population, compared to 10% in Portugal and 6% in Hungary
    • Women far out-perform men at school and university but they still have more difficulty finding a job.  In the EU, 21% of young women are unemployed as opposed to 18% of young men
    WAGGGS is helping change the role of women throughout Europe.