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| caption = National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia 'ASTGIK' 
| name = ՀՀ Աղջիկ սկաուտների — գայդերի "ԱՍՏՂԻԿ" ազգային միություն 
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| country = Armenia 
| f-date = 1996 
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| members = 1,002 
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| website = [http://freenet.am/~astgik/english.html Homepage] 
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The '''National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia''' (ASTGIK, meaning "little star"; '''ՀՀ Աղջիկ սկաուտների — գայդերի "ԱՍՏՂԻԿ" ազգային միություն''') is the national [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] association of [[Armenia]]. Guiding came to Armenia in 1988, the association was founded in 1996 and became an associate member of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS) in 2002. The girls-only organization has 1,002 members (as of 2002)<ref>http://www.girlguides.ca/default.asp?id=299 accessed on May 25, 2006</ref>.

==History==
[[Image:National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia 1996.svg|thumb|The earlier variant of the membership badge of ASTGIK was [[Square (geometry)|square]] instead of the present eight-point star shape (۞), an allusion to the organization name.]] 
The first Guide [[patrol]]s in Armenia were founded in 1988 as part of a coeducational [[Scouting in Armenia|Scouting organization]]. In 1996, the girls left this organization and founded ASTGIK, a girls-only association. First contact with WAGGGS was established in 1997, and in 1999, the association received the status ''WAGGGS Certificate of Country Working Towards Membership''. Meanwhile, ASTGIK was authorized by the [[Armenian Ministry of Justice]] in December 1998. In 2002, the association became an associate member of WAGGGS.

==Program==
The aim of the association is "to support the development of the spiritual, intellectual, physical and social potential of girls and young women as individuals and as responsible citizens of their country in (an) always changing world."<ref>http://www.aegee.org/cst/caucasus/partners.htm#armenia accessed on May 25, 2006</ref>

ASTGIK has formulated nine main focuses of its program:
* Scouting Family
* The society in which I live
* Learn yourself
* Healthy mode of life
* World of art
* World around us
* Enlarge your world outlook
* Home-maker
* Look at nature.

The association works in three age sections:
* Artswikner - ages 6 to 10 
* Arenushner - ages 11 to 15 
* Parmanuhiner - ages 16 to 20

==See also==
* [[Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://freenet.am/~astgik/english.html Official homepage]

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[[Category:WAGGGS member organizations]]
[[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Armenia]]