The Bangladesh Girl Guides Association ( bn, বাংলাদেশ গার্ল গাইডস অ্যাসোসিয়েশন) is the national
Guiding organization of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. It serves 49,975 members (as of 2003).
History
Girlguiding in today's Bangladesh started in 1928 and became the ''East Pakistan Branch'' of the
Pakistan Girl Guides Association
The Pakistan Girl Guides Association (PGGA) ( ur, پاکستان گرل گائڈزایسوسی ایشن) is the national Guiding organization of Pakistan. It serves 117,692 members (as of 2010). Founded in 1911 as part of Indian Girl Guiding, t ...
in 1947. After Bangladesh's independence from
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
, the branch organization was reorganized into an independent national organization. The girls-only organization became a full member of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...
in 1973 and was incorporated on 3 October 1973 by section 2 of the Bangladesh Girl Guides Association Act, 1973 (No XXXI), and that Act makes further provision in relation to the association.
[As to this Act, see Abdul Matin]
The Children's Law of Bangladesh
Rose Computer & Publications, 1993, pp 5, 227 & 228
See also
*
Bangladesh Scouts
The Bangladesh Scouts ( bn, বাংলাদেশ স্কাউটস) is the national Scouting organization of Bangladesh. Scouting was founded in 1914 in East Bengal, now Bangladesh, as part of the British Indian branch of The Scout Associa ...
References
*Barrett and Malonis. "473 Bangladesh Girl Guides Association"
Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide Gale Research. 1993.
*"Bangladesh Girl Guides Association". Trefoil Round the World
Ninth Edition World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. 1992. pp 30 & 31.
*The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific. Routledge. 1998. Reprinted 2000. Paperback 2001
p 85
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Bangladesh
Youth organizations established in 1973
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