Editing Girl Guide and Girl Scout (section)

{{Short description|Guiding organisation membership between the ages of 10 and 14}}
{{About||Scouts in coeducational troops and boys-only troops|Scout (Scout Movement)|the movement, not the member of the section|Girl Guides}}
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[[Image:Christliche Pfadfinder.jpg|thumb|300px|Singing Girl Guides at the German Evangelical Church Congress 2007 in [[Cologne]], Germany]]

A '''Girl Guide'''  or '''Girl Scout''' is a member of a section of some [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead. Female scouts go under the name of "girl scouts" in many more languages. The two terms are used synonymously within this article.

Girl Guides are organised into [[troop|units/troops]] averaging 15–30 girls under guidance of a team of [[Scout leader|leaders]]. Units subdivide into [[patrol]]s of about six Guides and engage in outdoor and special interest activities. Units may affiliate with national and international organisations. Some units, especially in [[Europe]], have been [[co-education]]al since the 1970s, allowing boys and girls to work together as Scouts. There are other programme sections for older and younger girls.