Girl Guides Australia (GGA) is committed to being Australia’s leading organisation for girls and young women in leadership and personal development.

GGA’s mission is empowering girls and young women to discover their potential as leaders of their world. Girl Guides provides an innovative, relevant and high quality flexible, non-formal educational program for girls and young women, anchored by a shared purpose of making the world a better place. Girl Guides develops leadership skills and a sense of personal responsibility in an inclusive, supportive, safe and friendly girl-only environment.

GGA together with the State Girl Guide Organisations (SGGOs) recognise that the long-standing reputation and effectiveness of Girl Guiding in Australia (GGiA) is dependent on the behaviours and attitudes of the people who make up the Girl Guiding movement in Australia.

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The Girl Guide Promise and Guide Law is fundamental to all aspects of Guiding and provides a foundation of expected behaviours.

GGA acknowledges the significant role culture plays in keeping children and young people safe. Guiding worldwide focuses on giving girls and young women a voice and an opportunity to build lifelong friendships and networks. These two core elements alone encourage those in Guiding to speak up for themselves and others, an essential part of creating a child safe culture. Girl Guides Australia has a zero tolerance of child abuse and neglect.

Girl Guides Australia Child Safe Child Friendly Framework

This policy signals the ongoing commitment of GGiA to being Child Safe Child Friendly. The foundations of the Girl Guides Australia (GGA) Child Safe Child Friendly Policy are the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations as agreed to by the Council of Australian Governments in February 2019 and the requirements of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Child Safe Child Friendly Community is one of the strategic foundations of GGA.

The Child Safe Child Friendly Policy identifies ten fundamental elements.  Procedures and Guidance Notes are available for each of these ten elements to support Child Safe Child Friendly practice in Girl Guiding in Australia.

NATIONAL OFFICE OF CHILD SAFETY – GGA 2022 PROGRESS REPORT

NATIONAL OFFICE OF CHILD SAFETY – GGA 2021 PROGRESS REPORT