Girl Guides helps girls

There is extensive worldwide research to show girls learn and perform more capably in single sex groups.

In Australia, Dr. Ken Rowe, Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research, summarized the findings of several studies involving more than 270,000 students, stating

 “Co-educational settings are limited in their capacity to accommodate the large differences in cognitive, social and developmental growth rates of girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 16. In contrast, evidence suggests that during these key adolescent years, single-sex settings better accommodate the specific developmental needs of students".

In 2003 Dr. Rosemary C. Salomone, a professor at St. John's University School of Law in New York, published her research findings in a book entitled, Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling. Dr. Salomone writes:

"All-girls settings seem to provide girls a certain comfort level that helps them develop greater self-confidence and broader interests, especially as they approach adolescence. Research has found that single-sex schools and classes promote less-gender-polarized attitudes toward certain subjects - math and science in the case of girls and language arts and foreign languages in the case of boys."

Girl Guides gives girls opportunities to learn who they are and to stretch their confidence in their capabilities.

Girl Guides...

• creates opportunities for appropriate participation, risk-taking and skill development 

• counters mass-media influences, giving girls room to decide for themselves who
       they are and what they need

• reinforces a 'can do' philosophy

• ensures friendship and learning take centre stage

• teaches collaborative skills and independent learning strategies

• promotes athletic participation to build leadership and teamwork

• values communication and listening

• offers strong female role models

• offers a worldwide network of friendship.