Pink uniform banned for young Girl Guides

THE Girl Guides have vetoed pink as the main colour for its new uniforms for their youngest members because it "reinforces gender stereotypes", despite nearly half voting for the colour.

- Tony Whitfield

The Girlguiding group, called Rainbows, are redesigning and refreshing their outfits for the first time in more than 30 years.

A survey asked for views on what the girls want their new look to be and 7,422 girls aged four to seven chose pink.

Feedback, including from parents and leaders, found 28 per cent wanted pink with the rainbow stripes and 18 per cent wanted plain pink, making the total of pink preferences 46 per cent.