Feb 22, 2022: The World Thinking Day is being observed by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts across the world in 150 countries.

This year, the theme of the World Thinking Day is ‘Our World: Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality’.

World Thinking Day is a celebration of ten million girls worldwide that has taken place on every 22 February since 1926. It remains a day for all Guides and Girl Scouts to think of each other and celebrate their sisters all around the world.

World Thinking Day was first created in 1926 at the fourth Girl Guide/Girl Scout International Conference, held at Girl Scouts of the USA’s Camp Edith Macy (now called Edith Macy Conference Center).

Participants of the Conference decided that there should be a special day when Girl Guides and Girl Scouts all around the world think of each other and give thanks and appreciation for their “sister” Girl Guides. The delegates chose February 22 as the date for Thinking Day because it was the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Guide/Girl Scout movement, and his wife Lady Olave, who served as World Chief Guide.

In 1932, at the seventh World Conference, held in Poland, a Belgian delegate suggested that since birthdays usually involve presents, girls could show their appreciation and friendship on Thinking Day not only by extending warm wishes but by offering a voluntary contribution to the World Association. This is how the World Association’s Thinking Day Fund began.

To emphasize the global aspect of Thinking Day, members at the 30th World Conference, held in Ireland in 1999, changed the name Thinking Day to World Thinking Day.

The aim of Thinking Day is to bring together young people from across the world – nearly 150 countries choose to take part in the celebrations – to celebrate international fun and friendship, as well as to help raise money and focus on the year’s global theme. The day celebrates sisterhood, friendship, and women empowerment.

World Thinking Day is significant as it provides a unique platform for the Girl Scouts and Girl Guides to interact with one another and discuss the issues that they face.

World Thinking Day remains one of the most important dates in the guiding calendar, and every year the theme of the event encourages members to think about the big issues affecting them and their global community. Previous World Thinking Days have tackled the subjects of poverty, gender inequality, environmental sustainability and access to education.

The day is about taking action, knowing that every girl has the power to make a positive impact on her world.

This year the theme of the World Thinking Day is announced to be ‘Our World: Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality’ which highlights the significance of the environment in the context of gender equality.

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