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‘We get bombarded’: study reveals ‘shocking’ impact of online abuse on girls
Happiness among girls and young women in UK at lowest since 2009 as 37% report being sent upsetting content

Hannah Moore

15, Sep, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Happiness of girls and young women at lowest level since 2009, shows UK poll
Nine out of 10 seven to 21-year-olds feel worried or anxious and only 17% feel very happy, shows ‘devastating’ Girlguiding survey

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

12, Sep, 2023 @11:01 PM

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Ferrets down your trousers? That’s Life! | Brief letters
Brief letters: That’s Life! stunts | Brownie points | Feline sceptical | Stingy drink measurements

02, Jun, 2023 @4:04 PM

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Trusting supermarkets to do the right thing | Brief letters
Brief letters: Voluntary price caps | Sardine crumble | Marmite on ice-cream | Expelled from Brownies | Delivering for the British people

30, May, 2023 @3:14 PM

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How Girlguiding gave me skills for life | Brief letters
Letters: Girlguiding | More weird taste combinations | Irn-Bru and hangovers | Rishi Sunak’s helicopter trip

28, May, 2023 @3:14 PM

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Labour peer Jan Royall: ‘Girlguiding taught me girls can do anything’
Royall says organisation helped her face challenges as a woman in male-dominated 1980s politics

Emine Sinmaz

26, May, 2023 @11:08 AM

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Brownies to learn coding in bid to involve more girls in technology
Research shows more than half of girls think science and technology careers are preserve of boys

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

28, Apr, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Social media pressures 'driving up exam stress in girls'
Ahead of GCSE results, Girlguiding warns of expectation to post online and schools seeking acclaim

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

20, Aug, 2019 @11:01 PM

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Scouting for girls gives group its biggest boost in years
Nearly a third of beavers, cubs and scouts are now female after Baden Powell’s boy-only rule was dropped in 2007

Rob Walker

16, Jun, 2019 @7:00 AM

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Joyce Scroxton obituary
Other lives: Energetic voluntary worker who became a leading figure in the YWCA organisation worldwide

Jeremy Scroxton

03, Jun, 2019 @12:30 PM

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Foul! Girls want to play football and rugby – so why are schools still not letting them?
Girlguiding is about to launch a campaign to make more school sports available to girls. I wish it had been there for me

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

28, May, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Mother drops action against woman who said she 'mutilated' trans daughter
Susie Green withdraws police complaint against Catholic commentator over ‘misinformation’ fears

Amelia Hill

20, Mar, 2019 @4:27 PM

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