Advocacy Group

The advocacy work of the Europe Region WAGGGS is supported by 17 young women who were nominated by Member Organizations belonging to the Europe Region to participate in the group at the beginning of the triennium.

Members of the group support the advocacy work of the region by:

Representing WAGGGS and its interests at meetings, working groups and other activities organized at European level, and helping to inform Member Organizations about European issues relevant to Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting
Following and contributing to developing the position of the region on issues of importance and interest to WAGGGS
Supporting Member Organizations to include advocacy in their Educational Programme and train their leaders in WAGGGS’ advocacy issues.

The members of the Europe Region’s Advocacy Group are:

Alice Barbieri                  (Italy)
Laura Cottey                  (United Kingdom)
Stephanie Darmanin         (Malta)
Linda Fröström                (Sweden)
Elena Gozalez-Vidal          (Spain)
Margita Hulmanova           (Slovakia)
Agnija Jansone                (Latvia)
Heidi Jokinen                   (Finland)
Nadia Karayianni              (Cyprus)
Korana Kovacevic            (Slovenia)
Tove Iren Lea                 (Norway)
Cordula Lötscher             (Switzerland)
Madeleine Maatstap         (Netherlands)
Eri Papadopoulou             (Greece)
Rose Sombeiywo              (Kenya/Belgium)
Virginie Tiberghien            (Belgium)
Ina Werner                     (Germany)

Midge Coombs (Chair)       (United Kingdom)

Find out from Tove Iren Lea what it is like to be a member of the Advocacy Group

Here are most of the members during the Working Groups Meeting that took place at Our Chalet, Switzerland in January 2008. Visit our news section to find out more about their recent activities.