Italy

Federazione Italiana Dello Scautismo (FIS)

Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting introduced: 1912
Number of Girl Guides/Girl Scouts: 83601 (01/01/2003)
Status: Full Member
Guiding Introduced on: 01/01/1912
Admits boys: No

WAGGGS Region:

Europe

Contact us

President
Piazza Pasquale Paoli 18
00186 ROMA RM

Telephone: 00 390668134716
Fax: 00 390668134716
Email: federazione@scouteguide.it
Website: www.scouteguide.it

Development of the movement:

Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting activities began in Italy as early as 1912, but were suppressed during the 1920s and did not start again until 1944. The Federazione Italiana Guide Esploratrici was formed in 1945 to link the two existing Associations of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts: Unione Nazionale Giovinette Esploratrici Italiane and the Associazione Guide Italiane.

In 1974 the Associazione Guide Italiane merged with the Associazione Scouts Cattolici Italiani to form Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI). In 1976 the Unione Nazionale Giovinette Esploratrici Italiane merged with the Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori Italiani, to form the Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani (CNGEI).

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