Irish Girl Guides selected as SDG Champion for 2024-25 Programme

The opportunity will help to 'further enhance' the organisation's work.

The Department of the Environment, Climate, and Communications has selected Irish Girl Guides (IGG) as one of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Champions for the 2024-25 Programme.

As a youth-driven organisation with its members at the heart of all decision-making, IGG has shown increasing interest in the SDGs and Global Citizenship Education (GCE) over the years. Its members are demonstrable changemakers both within and outside the organization, eager to actively participate in creating a healthier planet and society.

Irish Girl Guides actively promotes the SDGs among its members, who range from 5 to 30 years old. As a girls and young women centered organisation since its founding in 1911, the ethos and work of IGG have contributed towards the advancement and highlighting of various SDGs, particularly SDG 5 - Gender Equality - and SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities.

Shauna Harris, Irish Girl Guides Global Citizenship Education Programme Officer added: “The Irish Girl Guides is delighted to be SDG Champions, leading by example and collaborating with others. Being selected is a recognition of the daily work we do with our members and aligns with IGG’s core values and mission.

“This engagement in the SDG Champion Programme will support us in further advancing our work in promoting SDGs and GCE among our members, and to show through our actions that everyone in society can make critical changes for a better world.”