Editing Scouting (section)

===Co-educational===
[[File:1996-Rover Moot-Fahnengruß.jpg|thumb|left|Scouts and Guides from several different countries meet at [[World Scout Moot]] in Sweden, 1996]]
There have been different approaches to co-education in the Scout Movement. Some countries have maintained separate organizations for boys and girls,<ref name="bsagirls">{{cite web |year=2005 |url=http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/girls-top.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908140040/http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/girls-top.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 8, 2003 |title=BSA and Girls in Scouting |publisher=BSA Discrimination.org |access-date=December 4, 2006}}</ref> In other countries, especially within Europe, Scout and Guide organizations have merged and there is a single organization for boys and girls.<ref name="canadagirls">{{cite web |year=2005 |url=http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/gender_policy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030920190555/http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/gender_policy.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 20, 2003 |title=Scouts Canada Policy on Girls |publisher=BSA Discrimination.org |access-date=December 4, 2006}}</ref><ref name="germanygirls">{{cite web |year=2005 |url=http://n2zgu.50megs.com/GER.htm |title=Scouting in Germany |publisher=50megs.com |access-date=December 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090716105313/http://n2zgu.50megs.com/GER.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2009  }}</ref> The United States–based [[Boy Scouts of America]] permitted girls to join in early 2018.<ref name="newusafamilybsapolicy">{{cite web |year=2018 |url=https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FAQ-Family-Program-061218-FINAL.pdf |title=Family Scouting Questions and Answers |access-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020325/https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FAQ-Family-Program-061218-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In others, such as Australia and the United Kingdom, the national Scout association has opted to admit both boys and girls, but is only a member of the WOSM, while the national Guide association has remained as a separate movement and member of the WAGGGS. In some countries like Greece, Slovenia and Spain there are separate associations for Scouts, that are members of WOSM, and for Guides, that are members of WAGGGS, both admitting boys and girls.<ref name="WorldGuides">{{cite book|title=Trefoil Round the World|url=https://archive.org/details/trefoilroundworl00worl|url-access=registration|publisher=World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau|location=London, England|year=2002|edition=11|isbn=978-0-900827-75-4}}</ref>
[[File:Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia Scouts 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot 2003.jpg|thumb|[[Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia|Indonesian Scouts]] at the 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot, 8–17 July 2003 in [[Prambanan Temple]], [[Special Region of Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]]]]
The Scout Association in the United Kingdom has been co-educational at all levels since 1991, and this was optional for groups until the year 2000 when new sections were required to accept girls. The Scout Association transitioned all Scout groups and sections across the UK to become co-educational by January 2007, the year of the Scout Movement's centenary.<ref name="cesan">{{cite web |date=Oct 2005 |url=http://www.edinburgh-scout.org.uk/cesan/cesan-2005-10.pdf |title=CESAN |work=City of Edinburgh Scout Association Newsletter |publisher=City of Edinburgh Scout Association |access-date=December 7, 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070621194643/http://www.edinburgh-scout.org.uk/cesan/cesan-2005-10.pdf |archive-date = June 21, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Traditional Scouting|traditionalist]] [[Baden-Powell Scouts' Association]] has been co-educational since its formation in 1970.

In the United States, the Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs of the BSA were for boys only until 2018; it has changed its policies and is now inviting girls to join, as local packs organize all-girl dens (same uniform, same book, same activities). For youths age 14 and older, [[Venturing]] has been co-educational since the 1930s. The [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] (GSUSA) is an independent organization founded in 1912 for girls and young women only. Adult leadership positions in the BSA and GSUSA are open to both men and women.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scouting for All Ages|url=http://www.scouting.org/CubScouts/AboutCubScouts/Boys/scouting.aspx|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|access-date=January 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125110700/http://scouting.org/CubScouts/AboutCubScouts/Boys/scouting.aspx|archive-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=For Adults&nbsp;– Volunteering |publisher=Girl Scouts of the USA |year=2008 |url=http://www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/volunteering/ |access-date=January 17, 2009 |archive-date=August 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807074733/http://www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/volunteering/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006, of the 155 WOSM member National Scout Organizations (representing 155 countries), 122 belonged only to WOSM, and 34 belonged to both WOSM and WAGGGS. Of the 122 which belonged only to WOSM, 95 were open to boys and girls in some or all program sections, and 20 were only for boys. All 34 that belonged to both WOSM and WAGGGS were open to boys and girls.<ref name="scoutorgs">{{cite web|date=Sep 2006 |url=http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/countries/national_scout_organisations |title=National Scout Organisations |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |access-date=February 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202171158/http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/countries/national_scout_organisations |archive-date=February 2, 2007 }}</ref>

WAGGGS had 144 Member Organizations in 2007 and 110 of them belonged only to WAGGGS. Of these 110, 17 were coeducational and 93 admitted only girls.<ref name="ssr">{{cite web |url=http://www.faqs.org/faqs/scouting/worldwide/part1/section-15.html |title=Scouting in Sweden |work=Scouting Around the World |publisher=rec.scouting |access-date=September 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="t97coed">{{cite web |date=Nov 2006 |url=http://www.troop97.net/intscout.htm |title=International Scouting Organizations |publisher=Troop 97 |access-date=September 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="wagggsboyproof">{{cite web |url=http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/world/organisations?mo=10 |title=Argentina |publisher=World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts|access-date=September 15, 2007}}</ref>