WAGGGS divisional office in Asia Pacific Region
The WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts , headquartered in Makati , Philippines; Australia; and Japan. The WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region services Guiding in the land area of Asia south of Russia-in-Asia and the bulk of the Pacific Basin .[ 1]
All the formerly communist states of Central Asia and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. For several years, communism repressed Guiding in Afghanistan , where it has newly returned, as well as in Mongolia , which had been the first Soviet satellite state since 1924.
This region is the counterpart of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Post-soviet nations are divided between the WAGGGS-Europe Region and the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region.
Member organisations
Founding members
Twelve member organizations (from Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Philippines, and Pakistan) formed the original Asia Pacific Region in 1969.
Full list of member organisations
The year in the 'date joined' column refers to the year the organization was granted membership to the Asia Pacific Region of WAGGGS, not the year Guiding started in that country.
Country
Member Organisation
Date joined
Number of members (approximate)
Notes
Australia
Girl Guides Australia
Founding Member
30,000
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Girl Guides Association (বাংলাদেশ গার্ল গাইড্স অ্যাসোসিয়েশন)
1973
50,000
Brunei Darussalam
Girl Guides Association of Brunei Darussalam (Persatuan Pandu Puteri Brunei Darussalam (PPP))
1996
1,600
Cambodia
Girl Guides Association of Cambodia (ខេមរៈកាយារិទ្ធិនារី, Khemarak Kayarith Neary)
2002
1,400
Cook Islands
The Girl Guides Cook Islands Association
1993
1,100
Fiji
Fiji Girl Guides Association
1981
1,800
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Girl Guides Association (香港女童軍總會)
1978
55,000
India
The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG, भारत स्काउट्स एवं गाइड्स)
Founding Member
1,300,000
Originally included present-day Bangladesh and Pakistan. BSG has a boys' section as well. The number of members here only includes their girl members.
Japan
Girl Scouts of Japan (ガールスカウト日本連盟 Gārusukauto Nippon Renmei)
Founding Member
61,000
Kiribati
The Girl Guides Association of Kiribati
1990
450
Korea (South)
Girl Scouts Korea (걸스카우트)
Founding Member
78,500
Co-educational group. Member numbers here only includes girls.
Malaysia
Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (PPPM, Girl Guides Malaysia)
Founding Member
74,000
Maldives
Maldives Girl Guide Association (MGGA, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ގާލްގައިޑް އެސޯސިއޭޝަން)
1994
7,500
Mongolia
Girl Scout Association of Mongolia (Монголын Эмэгтэй Скаутын Холбоо, Mongoliyn Emegteǐ Scoutiyn Kholboo )
2005
1,050
newest member organisation
Nepal
Nepal Scouts (नेपाल स्काउट)
1984
20,000
Nepal Scouts has a boys' section as well. Numbers here include only girl members
New Zealand
GirlGuiding New Zealand (Ngā Kōhine Whakamahiri O Aotearoa
Founding member
11,000
Pakistan
Pakistan Girl Guides Association (PGGA, پاکستان گرل گائڈزایسوسی ایشن)
Founding
118,000
Papua New Guinea
Girl Guides Association of Papua New Guinea
1978
1,200
Philippines
Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP)
Founding Member
671,000
Singapore
Girl Guides Singapore (GGS, Pandu Puteri Singapura)
Founding Member
12,300
Solomon Islands
The Girl Guides Association of the Solomon Islands
1987
700
Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association (SLGGA, Lanka Baladhakshika Samajaya, ශ්රී ලංකා බාළදක්ෂිකා සංගමය, இலங்கைப் மகளீர் சாரணர்க் கழகம்)
Founding Member
37,000
Taiwan
Girl Scouts of China (中華民國台灣女童軍, Jhōnghuámínguó Táiwān Nyǔtóngjyūn, Zhōnghuámínguó Táiwān Nǚtóngjūn)
Founding Member
28,000
Thailand
Girl Guides Association of Thailand (GGAT, สมาคมผู้บำเพ็ญประโยชน์แห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชินูปถัมภ์)
Founding Member
28,000
Tonga
The Girl Guides Association of the Kingdom of Tonga
1987
200
Vietnam
Vietnamese Scout Association (Hội Hướng Đạo Việt Nam (HĐVN) )
not yet a member
unknown
working towards WAGGGS membership. Guiding/Scouting is forbidden under communist rule and VSA is a clandestine organisation.
See also
Full members Associate members Countries working towards WAGGGS
References