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Meet The Skater Girls Of Afghanistan: Pretty much no one had seen a skateboard in Afghanistan—so no one could tell young girls they weren't allowed to do it

In Afghanistan, where few women drive, and female soccer teams have faced death threats, it's now possible to find seven-year-old girls learning to ollie and ride a halfpipe on a skateboard. In a recent photo series, U.K.-based photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson documented the girls of Skateistan, a program that helps young Afghans learn to skate—and brings them back to school.

The project started eight years ago, when Australian skateboarder Oliver Percovich got out his board on the streets of Kabul and was quickly surrounded by crowds—especially children—who had never seen a skateboard before. He realized that he could use skateboarding as a draw to help get more kids back in the educational system, and eventually officially launched Skateistan as a back-to-school program.