READ MOREAuckland woman skateboarder bullied out of skate parksYoung rugby league player can't play because she's a girlMinister for Sport says girls should be allowed to play in boys First IVSUPPLIED Skateboarder Amber Clyde is using her workshop for young girls as a tool for empowerment. And the reason girls don't skate is clearly not because they don't want to; Clyde's classes are now packed, with up to 20 girls per session. Auckland researcher Jacquelyn Collins runs The Girls Play Project, which challenges the gendered use of outdoor space. Amber Clyde teaches young girls how to skate after being bullied at skateparks when she was younger. This could include activation days where girls assemble en masse at local BMX tracks, basketball hoops or skate parks, or developing other public play spaces like gymnastics apparatus or netball courts.

Source: Stuff July 18, 2019 21:00 UTC