Empowering girls and women through skateboarding
A project managed by Surf Ghana
Established in 2016, Surf Ghana is a collective of surfers and skateboarders whose main objective is to promote and encourage participation in skateboarding and surfing in Ghana and around Africa.
A project managed by Board Spirit Marseille
Board Spirit Marseille is an accredited youth sports non-profit association in France. Certified as a French Skateboard School, the association is affiliated to the French Federation of Roller Skating and Skateboard and the Skateboard Commission. BSM runs a development project in Ghana aimed at promoting social integration through skateboarding.
The Surf Ghana collective and Board Spirit Marseille have joined forces to foster the empowerment of Ghanaian women and girls through skateboarding. The two organisations work together to hold introductory skateboarding courses for young women aged under 25 and offer vocational training for careers in the skateboarding industry.
Context
Depression is a serious issue for young women in Ghana. There are many contributory factors: low levels of education, lack of employment, debt, social and professional exclusion and domestic violence. Furthermore, women’s participation in sport is limited. Despite the growing number of skateboarders, the country still does not have a dedicated infrastructure or specialist coaching for the sport. Some 90% of open urban areas are unsuitable for skateboarding, and sports facilities are virtually non-existent.
The Surf Ghana collective and Board Spirit Marseille have joined forces to foster the empowerment of Ghanaian women and girls through skateboarding.
Goals
- Promote and facilitate skateboarding by girls and women
- Develop a coaching structure to better monitor participants’ performances
- Establish a training programme for careers related to skateboarding
Activities
- Introductory and intermediate skateboarding courses
- Professional training sessions with insights into the various careers associated with skateboarding, such as photography, coaching, filmmaking, judging and skateboard equipment design
- Follow-up support for women skateboarders
- Organising exhibitions in Accra and Marseille
Impacts
- Involvement of 160 Ghanaian girls and women aged 6 to 25, in or out of education and living in or around Accra
- Optimisation of urban open spaces (sustainable city)
- Development of sports infrastructures for skateboarding
- Development of the local skateboarding ecosystem and the generation of directly-related revenue (tournaments, equipment, associated employment, etc.)
Funding
- Project cost: approximately €31,000
- Project supported in 2019 by the Agence Française de Développement and the European Guild
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Photo credits : @SurfGhana
Location
Ghana
Project led by
Surf Ghana, Board Spirit Marseille
Start date
2020
Project status
Project to support
Sustainable development goals
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