Before Christmas a group of high school student from Söderporstgymnasie in Kristianstad collaborated with RealStars on an event about trafficking in their school. The event was designed and planned as a more relaxed event, where the audience would have the opportunity to ask questions. Sudenshna from RealStars came and talked about the organization and her… Read more »
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Realstars cooperates with operators in Iceland
Iceland is a popular destination for tourists captivated by nature. Sadly the island also has been introduced to the trafficking industry where mostly women are sold online. RealStars recently were in place to share our concept on how to gather key operators in a unified approach to counteract prostitution. Malin Roux Johansson were invited and… Read more »
Camilla disappeared – a poignant and intimate play that takes a stand
Robert Schenck, guest reviewer at Realstars, has seen the play “Camilla disappeared” at Konstepedemin in Gothenburg. A play that takes a stand and can work as both an eye opener and inspiration. An important play which we hope many people get the chance to see. It is conveyed clear and distinct – from the excellent… Read more »
Women who survived prostitution share their stories
RealStars guestblogger Robert Schenck reviews the bok Prostitution Narratives, stories of the survival in the sex trade, where the reader gets to share in the valuable stories and experiences of the survivors of prostitution Author: Caroline Norma and Melinda Tankard Reist, editors Publisher: Spinifex Press, North Melbourne, Australia, 2016 Book review by Robert Schenck “…there… Read more »
Huge commitments that eliminate harmful attitudes
The EU Anti-Trafficking Day, October 18th, was a great opportunity to highlight and raisepublic awareness about sex trafficking and the purchasing of sex. This year’s campaign included 35 partners who collaborated to reach a new audience with the message about Fair Sex. At the Clarion Hotel Stockholm, one of our partners in ‘Hotels Against Trafficking’,… Read more »
The behaviours of Swedish purchasers of commercial sex acts outlined
Approximately 80 % of the commercial sex acts by Swedish men occurs in foreign countries. An undercover-report from the network Schyst Resande which include RealStars has revealed the behaviours and attitudes of the purchasers of commercial sex acts. The report also states how ordinary tourism is a contributing factor in normalisation of the commercial sex… Read more »
The EU anti-trafficking day will raise awareness of today’s slavery
Today, October 18th it is the EU’s anti-trafficking-day, a day when we give extra attention to the extensive human trafficking that is happening today, right now, and yesterday as well as tomorrow. Selling or buying human beings, slavery, is something that most people would relate to colonialism, something that happened a long time ago. That… Read more »
Students want Fair Sex to be a matter of course in society.
At the end of September Södra Latins High School organised themed study days for students from the Social Studies and Introductory Language programmes. The theme of the study days was the terms on which we have sex. As well as deepening understanding of Fair Sex – and its opposite, trafficking and prostitution – the activity… Read more »
Realstars Exchange knowledge and Inspiration in The United States of America on An Anti-Sex Trafficking Conference
Realstars regularly visits Brussel and other countries to talk about fair-sex and promote the Swedish sex-buying law. In September, we visited Chicago and took the opportunity to go to an important conference the 15:th International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference at The Toledo university. Under the latest couple of years, Illinois is the only… Read more »
Digital Brothels – USA in the forefront against digital trafficking
During the spring of 2018, RealStars in cooperation with the magazine “Faktum” brought to light the concept of digital brothels through a seminary and a published report. They are escort sites that exist on an international level and function as a platform to sell ads for sexual services, virtually without risk, making the venture highly… Read more »