Anna Segall is Chief Executive of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

Empowering Girls through Education and Volunteerism Can Lead to a More Sustainable Future

An outdoor excursion with Our Chalet, one of five World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) international Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting centres. Photo courtesy of WAGGGS
A volunteer facilitates a discussion on leadership traits at the WAGGGS flagship leadership event, the Juliette Low Seminar. Photo courtesy of WAGGGS
The closing ceremony of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) flagship leadership event, the Juliette Low Seminar, hosted by the Thailand Girl Guides Association. Photo courtesy of WAGGGS

Girls who experience leadership when they are young are more likely to feel confident taking the lead as they mature. How leadership is presented, experienced, modelled and discussed has a big impact on the extent to which girls can see themselves as leaders or recognise and tackle gender bias.