<p>So cool to have a forum now!</p>

<p>I'm Nanja van Rijsse and I co-run Women Skate the World. Our goal is to inspire, empower and engage girls through skateboarding. I co-founded wstw together with Amber, who runs our first women's program and works together with FreemovementSB in Athens. My work (other than general organisational things) focusses on Amsterdam, where I will be launching our first program in September.&nbsp;<br />
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Besides hosting programs for girls, we're happy to help out others when it comes to womxn skateboarding, volunteering and teaching. We're always available to give some input or advice on topics or help out women volunteers who want to travel somewhere, sharing our experiences.&nbsp;</p>

<p>I started skateboarding two years ago and got addicted to it when it helped me deal with 'real-life' problems. Ever since I've been super excited to be part of this community and to spread the word about skateboarding.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Other than skateboarding I'm passionate about politics, learning new things, reading books, visiting panel talks&nbsp;and so on. In the future I hope to study political science, but for now, I work a part-time side-job in a liquor store, while volunteering my way around Amsterdam. I just applied for a volunteer training program with an environmental organisation and had my first motorbike lesson last week haha, maybe we can visit each other's projects on bikes.&nbsp;</p>
