 question 4 question 4 skateistan tue 5072019 1349 can girls participate yes 50 of our regular students are girls getting girls on skateboards has been a priority since skateistan s beginning however we acknowledge that there are many obstacles to teaching girls and that is why we hold the support of the parents local community and government in such high regard half of our students are female giving afghanistan the highest rate of female participation in skateboarding in the world they are taught on separate days at the park by an allfemale staff in south africa and cambodia skateistan hopes to address the gender gap through their girlsonly sessions we run 14 of these girlsonly sessions each week around the world  