Scouting: Difference between revisions

Worldwide there have been different approaches to co-educational Scouting. Countries such as the USA have maintained separate Scouting organizations for boys and girls.<ref name="bsagirls">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2005 | url = http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/girls-top.html | title = BSA and Girls in Scouting | format = | work = | publisher = BSA Discrimination.org | accessdate = 2006-12-04}}</ref> In other countries, notably in Europe, Scouting and Guiding have merged, and there is a single organization for boys and girls, which is a member of both the WOSM and the WAGGGS.<ref name="canadagirls">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2005 | url = http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/gender_policy.html | title = Scouts Canada Policy on Girls | format = | work = | publisher = BSA Discrimination.org | accessdate = 2006-12-04}}</ref><ref name="germanygirls">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2005 | url = http://n2zgu.50megs.com/GER.htm | title = Scouting in Germany | format = | work = | publisher = 50megs.com | accessdate = 2006-12-04}}</ref> In others, for example Australia and the United Kingdom, the national Scout association has opted to admit both boys and girls, but is only a member of the WOSM, while the national Guide association has remained as a separate movement and member of the WAGGGS. In [[Slovenia]], Spain and Greece, it is the other way around, as the national Guide association has opted to admit both boys and girls, and the national Scout association has remained a separate movement.