Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI) announced their newest publication: Exploring Girls' Leadership. This new publication is a research review that comes at a pivotal time for Girl Scouts of the USA as the organization renews its commitment to girls' leadership development. While there are many youth leadership programs, little information exists on how girls experience and are impacted by leadership development.
Exploring Girls' Leadership reviews the literature from the youth development and youth leadership fields and contrasts continued misperceptions about leadership with youths' realities and community approaches. The contribution of single-sex environments to girls' leadership is also discussed. Listening to the voices of girls, the review also includes the findings of a small, online survey and focus groups of girls around the country. Girls' definitions of, experiences of, and aspirations to leadership are highlighted along with tips and lessons for youth development organizations and communities.
Exploring Girls' Leadership serves as a resource for existing research on youth, girls, and leadership thus far and is the lead-up piece to a GSRI original national study on girls and leadership currently underway to be released spring 2008. As well, this work will support the launch of the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience for girls in kindergarten through high school in 2008. Click
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Exploring Girls’ Leadership.
For media inquiries please contact Natalie Arnold at narnold@gsnetx.org.