The ''Associazione Guide Italiane'' (Association of Italian Guides, AGI) was a

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Girl Scouting association active in

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, founded in 1943. In 1974, AGI merged with the ''

Associazione Scouts Cattolici Italiani The ''Associazione Scouts Cattolici Italiani'' (Association of Italian Catholic Scouts, ASCI) was a Catholic Scouting association active in Italy from 1916 to 1974, while being suspended under Fascism. In 1974, after a long debate, ASCI was merg ...

'' (ASCI), its male counterpart, started in 1916, to form the ''

Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani The ''Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani'' (, AGESCI) is a Catholic Scouting and Guiding association in Italy. It is coeducational and, as of 2024, has 182,000 members, including 33,454 leaders (of whom 1,947 priests), 1,885 local ...

'' (AGESCI), one of the first

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organizations in world Scouting. Many AGI leaders who disagreed with the merger (and the principle of co-education) formed the '' Associazione Italiana Guide e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici'' (AIGSEC) in 1976, along with former leaders of ASCI and disgruntled members of AGESCI.VV.AA., ''Guidismo, una proposta per la vita. Storia dell'AGI Associazione guide italiane 1943-1974'', Fiordaliso,

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2002
- Mario Sica, ''Storia dello scautismo in Italia'', Fiordaliso, Rome 2006

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Associazione Guide Italiane Scouting and Guiding in Italy Youth organizations established in 1943

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