Lietuvos skaučių seserija

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The Lithuanian Girl Scouts
Organizational data
Name Lietuvos skaučių seserija
Country Lithuania
Founded 1989
Membership 1,300
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Lietuvos skaučių seserija (LSSes; Lithuanian Girl Guides) is a Guiding association in Lithuania. Guiding in Lithuania started in 1918, was banned by the Soviets in 1940 and restarted in 1989. As of 2005, it holds the "WAGGGS Certificate of Country Working Towards Membership", which is an official status by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts acknowledging the development of an association. The girls-only association has about 1,300 members (as of 2005)[1].

The organizations has strong ties to Lithuanian Scouts-in-Exile in the United States and Canada.

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Members of the Europe Region of WAGGGS

Full members: Austria | Belarus | Belgium | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Estonia | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Iceland | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Latvia | Liechtenstein | Luxembourg | Malta | Monaco | Netherlands | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Turkey | United Kingdom
Associate members: Armenia | Georgia | Hungary | Russia | San Marino | Ukraine
Countries working towards WAGGGS membership: Albania | Lithuania