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Every year, women of the world are celebrated and empowered, and awareness is raised on gender issues, on International Women's Day (IWD), on the 8th of March. World Scouting, which offers equal opportunities to girls and boys, women and men, and...

The Alcoa Foundation has been supporting the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in the development of the new World Scout Environment Programme. Part of this development involves WOSM supporting several National Scout Organizations...

As had been planned for some time, the World Scout Committee met in Geneva from 29 February - 2 March 2008. At its opening session on Friday afternoon, following consultation with other members of the Committee, the Chairman Herman Hui announced his...

The South African Scout Association unveiled its new branding on 24 February 2008. The new design is based on the World Scout brand logo, which makes it the first National Scout Organization to adopt it as their National brand. The Association's...

Garth Morrison was made a Knight of the Thistle by Her Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday 22 February, Lord Baden-Powell's birthday. This is Scotland's highest order of chivalry. Sir Garth was Chief Scout of the United Kingdom...

Scouts were involved in the recent gathering of Environment Ministers, civil society organisations and United Nations (UN) representatives at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 9th Global Civil Society Forum and 10th Special Session of...

2008 is the Centenary of Australian Scouting and has been declared The Year of the Scout by the Australian Government. To mark this great achievement, Australia Post has issued three Scout stamps on 19 February which feature images that capture the...

The first such seminar, commemorating Malta’s Centenary of Scouting, aimed at the Association’s adult leaders, was an astounding success. Organised at the Medieval Knights Hall in Valletta, over two hundred Adult leaders attended the event discussing...

The Alliance of Civilizations held its first forum in Madrid, Spain on the 15-16 January 2008. An initiative of the United Nations Former Secretary-General, the Forum provided an opportunity to find new ways to bridge the growing divide between...

One of the hugely successful Gifts for Peace projects has been the Amahoro Amani project- a joint World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) initiative of promoting Peace in the Great...

It is a pleasure to announce the WOSM membership of Kazakhstan's National Scout Organization, 'the Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan (OSMK)', as from 16 January 2008. A warm welcome into the World Scouting family is extended to all the...

In the aftermath of the election violence that ensued in Kenya, Scouts in Nairobi, Eldoret and in Nakuru offered a helping hand to IDPs fleeing from their homes. Nakuru In Nakuru, in a community service exercise led by the Area Commissioner, Mr...

On 15 January 2008 Baden-Powell Fellows from the UK Chapter met at Baden-Powell House in London to celebrate the centenary of the publication of "Scouting for Boys" on 15 January 1908. The present Lord Baden-Powell signed copies of his grandfather's...

At last weekend’s Winter Camp, The Scout Association launched its largest ever revamp of the activity programme with the launch of 40 new and modernised badges. In order to reflect the changing demands and interests of today’s young people, these new...

Inspired by the Gifts for Peace initiative, Dominic Simard a Scout from Quebec, Canada, has created a website designed to give Scouts from around the world the opportunity to facilitate discussion about the way they see Peace in the World Scout...