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Trans children like Ruby feel they can only be their true selves in the shadows

IN FOCUS: As Girlguiding announces it is excluding trans girls from its membership, one family’s story reveals the fear and pain of a little girl growing up in a society increasingly determined to deny her existence. Rosie Nixon reports

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Girlguiding volunteers threaten to quit organisation over trans ban

Announcement that Girlguiding will only allow those recorded female at birth to join could see mass departures

The Independent UK

Labour has completely abandoned women’s rights, former EHRC chief claims

Kishwer Falkner said Labour was traditionally the ‘party of feminism’ but that the current generation of Labour MPs has ‘lost it’

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Girl Guides Announce Trans Women Ban –- Real Reason, Online Reactions, and What Happens to Current Members

Girlguiding UK has banned trans girls from joining following a Supreme Court ruling redefining legal sex labels

International Business Times UK

Women’s Institute latest organisation to announce trans membership ban

The NFWI news comes a day after Girlguiding announced it has banned trans girls from joining.

The Independent UK

Women’s Institute expresses ‘deep regret’ as it bans trans women after Supreme Court ruling

The WI has welcomed transgender women as members for more than 40 years, but said it felt it ‘had no other choice’ to now exclude them

The Independent UK

Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April

Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman

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Gender Equality Or Homophobia? Girlguiding UK Officially Bans Transgender Girls And Women In Their Group

Girlguiding UK announced on 2 December 2025 that transgender girls can no longer join, following a Supreme Court decision defining sex as biological

International Business Times UK

Trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, organisation says

The organisation has made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

The Independent UK

Girlguiding makes ‘difficult decision’ to stop admitting trans girls as members

The organisation made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.

Evening Standard

Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding

Girls’ adventure charity says it made decision after seeking legal advice in wake of supreme court ruling on gender

The Guardian - UK

Online safety ‘getting worse’, warns former UK cyber security agency boss

Felicity Oswald wants to use her new role as head of Girlguiding to call on the Government and social media firms to do more to protect girls online.

The Independent UK

Majority of girls and young women in UK alter behaviour to feel safe, study finds

Girlguiding survey reveals rising fears of harassment, with many avoiding public transport or changing what they wear

The Guardian - UK

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Voices: Girlguiding’s new badges are a vital ‘woke’ revamp for Gen Alpha

COMMENT: With new badges ranging from Thrifting to Fandom, Laughter to Bee Rescuer, the youth organisation for women and girls is finally speaking the language of today. It’s about time, too, writes Victoria Richards

Evening Standard

New Girlguiding badges encourage girls to laugh, share and discover

The 72 additional badges will reward girls for having a good night’s sleep, critiquing food, discovering a new hobby and planning a holiday.

The Independent UK

Girls to learn AI skills as part of new Girlguiding activities

New activities and badges across the organisation’s age ranges have been created in partnership with Google to help boost digital skills.

The Independent UK

FOMO keeps girls on social media despite them experiencing online bullying

‘Girls are experiencing more challenges in society than ever before,’ campaigner says

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‘Fear of missing out’ keeping girls and young women online despite sexism

Almost half of girls aged 11 to 21 in Girlguiding survey say sexism and misogyny makes them feel less safe

The Independent UK

Half of girls and young women are contemplating cosmetic procedures, study finds

‘It is so disheartening to see the devastating impact appearance pressures continue to have on girls in our society, and just how young these girls are,’ GirlGuiding chief executive says

The Guardian - UK

UK youth groups seek volunteers as parents try to prise children from screens

More than 170,000 children are on waiting lists to join the Scouts and Girlguiding

The Independent UK

Girls in UK have much lower confidence than male peers, study finds

Study discovers that girls are battling crisis in confidence when they hit teenage years

The Guardian - UK

‘We get bombarded’: study reveals ‘shocking’ impact of online abuse on girls

Happiness among girls and young women in UK at lowest since 2009 as 37% report being sent upsetting content

The Independent UK

Girls’ happiness is at ‘all-time low’, Girl Guides warn

Combination of social media’s beauty expectations, job prospects, is contributing to depression in young girls

The Guardian - UK

Happiness of girls and young women at lowest level since 2009, shows UK poll

Nine out of 10 seven to 21-year-olds feel worried or anxious and only 17% feel very happy, shows ‘devastating’ Girlguiding survey

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