At international and European level, there are many documents that reiterate the importance of an approach to sexuality education. Among these, the most important attempt to address the topic in an appropriate and comprehensive way by providing indications for educational practice is represented by the UNESCO Guidelines "International technical guidance on sexuality education", published for the first time in 2009 and subsequently updated in 2018. UNESCO, in collaboration with other United Nations agencies, has promoted an idea of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), that is "a process based on a teaching and learning curriculum that integrates the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality. It aims to provide children and young people with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that will enable them to: realize their own health, well-being and dignity; develop respectful social and sexual relationships; consider how their choices influence their own well-being and that of others; understand and ensure the protection of their rights throughout their lives". CSE is a tool for promoting gender equality and is proposed from early childhood precisely to help strengthen the self-determination and autonomy of the person and represents a pillar of the process of building identities and different ways of relating to the dimensions of health and emotional management as well as the identification and fight against violence. The report “Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) country profiles” by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring reports a survey carried out in 50 countries, highlighting how only 20% of them have legislation on sexual education and only 39% have adopted specific initiatives. Italy is one of the last member states of the European Union in which sexual education is not compulsory in school and is placed in the lowest band of the ranking drawn up by the Report. In particular, 10 out of 25 European countries provide curricular sexual affective education paths. In some, such as Sweden (since 1955), Germany (since 1968) and France (since 2001), affective education programs have been integrated and mandatory in formal education for decades. However, models based on a holistic approach are increasingly widespread, integrating knowledge about the functioning of the reproductive system and sexually transmitted diseases with emotional and relational education (for example in Sweden, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium). For this reason, we believe it is important and necessary to address this issue through artistic, expressive and reflective means capable of generating processes of awareness and integrated exploration in order to promote knowledge and management in a natural, creative, participatory and holistic way. For all the above, Body Narratives is a 7 days Erasmus+ training course that aspires to take place in Moravecké, Czech Republic, at the end of October 2025, with the purpose of gathering 24 Youth Workers coming from 6 organizations active in Erasmus+ that are interested in expirimenting with mindful visual arts as a tool for social empowerment and inclusion while exploring gender issues. Our objectives are: -Supporting participants gain a sense of identity and control over their narratives; -Offering tools on how to create a safe space for marginalized communities to share their stories and perspectives, making their voices heard; -Raising awareness about important social issues, spark dialogue and inspire action for positive change; -Offering tools on how to critically analyze personal experiences in connection with the system/world around them through the lens of photography; -Fostering a sense of community and shared understanding among participants.