So some thoughts on the wording that GG have used in this job description. I’m an ex Leader who was a District Commissioner so oversaw recruitment of volunteers including DBS. I’ve monitored the language GG have been using. They have a document called the Unit Roles document and it shows what roles are available to who and it was my ‘bible’ when managing our volunteers and girl members. For the whole time I’d been in GG, this document listed which roles were open to females only. In early 2023, they updated it to say ‘women’ only. I presume this is because they view that ‘female’ means only female and the definition of ‘women’ can include males too. But the problem is that the document lists all the girl roles too: brownies, guides etc. So now you have the perverse situation where GG are now describing them as ‘women’ even though they are under 18. So hence the wording in the job description.
In summary, Girlguiding don’t believe that girls and women exist in material reality. That males who say they are female are indeed female and should be treated as such.
If you haven’t been following it, the tribunal of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre was illuminating: two volunteer members of Girlguiding Scotland were employees of ERCC and gave evidence. And one employee of Girlguiding Scotland was a trustee of ERCC. It just reflects how deep gender ideology is embedded in the organisation. I had a zoom call with my head of region to discuss my concerns after GG posted on Trans Day of Visibility and it was evident she was a fully paid up TRA (professional day-job in the NHS to boot).
i can’t in all good conscience volunteer for GG and my daughters won’t be joining.