Most young people deem the sex education they’ve received is very poorly delivered or insufficient. It is widely known that many teenagers use the internet and the mainstream media, such as gossip magazines, to satisfy their curiosity and the information they can find there can be distorted and/or inaccurate. Talking about sex is still considered a taboo across the generations.

With this this project we want to raise awareness of how lacking and non- inclusive sex education is. We want to educate young people and youth workers and develop a comprehensive alternative sex education manual, aimed at children and young people, which is inclusive with the whole spectrum of genders and sexualities and also with people with disabilities, as well as promoting body positivity and bodily diversity. We want to educate young people from an early age – through non-formal education – to be able to speak openly about sex and to have healthy sex lives. We would like to explore more than just the physical aspects of sex and approach the topic from the emotional and psychological side.

The project will focus on some parts of IFM-SEI’s Strategy and Work Plan (2016-19) such as challenging gender and sexual normativity and binaries; bodies, body positivity and protecting yourself in public spaces or inclusion of people with access needs.

This project is an annual work plan generously funded by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe.