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On 8 March, Skateistan (and the world!) celebrated International Women’s Day. 45% of our students are girls, and we work extremely hard to accommodate our young female students in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and South Africa – so this important day is close to our hearts.

Providing girls with the opportunity to learn, play and grow is one of our biggest motivations for doing what we do.

We believe that this is an absolute necessity in the countries where we work – where girls lag behind boys in education as children, and economically as adults.

Why does this matter?

  • There are 66 million girls out of school globally
  • Educated mothers are more than twice as likely to send their own children to school
  • Girls with eight years of education are four times less likely to be married as children


Visit the Skateistan website to find out about its celebrations in Kabul, Phnomh Penh and Mazar-e-Sharif


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