Beetroot Resources is a Swedish IT firm based in Ukraine and Moldavia, that has chosen to support RealStars’ work against trafficking. “We operate in two countries that are very exposed as recruitment nations for sex trade and trafficking and being so close to the rugged reality of it, we feel that we want to actively… Read more »
Posts By: Realstars
The commitment that makes a difference – Dreamgrupp in cooperation with Beginning of Life (BoL)
Not so long ago we came in contact with Mia Börjesson, who works as a supervisor and is also the source of inspiration for various projects relating to health promotion in the field of psychosocial work, with a focus on children and teenagers. As many of you already know, we at Realstars believe that it… Read more »
Realstars in national media – Aktuellts Utblick 21st of November
All of you who have followed us since Realstars started its journey in 2010 know that we have always had great ambitions and that we are working towards making Europe free from trafficking. Last week can be seen as a milestone for us when I, the founder of this organisation, was asked to appear on… Read more »
Part 2 – The Significance of the Prohibition of Purchase of Sexual Services
“Men who purchase sex 2013” was the theme for this year’s event leading up to the anti-trafficking day. In order to summarize the evening we will post a mini-series on what was discussed, and what some of the conclusions were. This post will address the Swedish penal provision “the prohibition if purchase of sexual services”… Read more »
Beauty salons in the UK may be a glossy facade for both bordellos and drug trafficking
It has been discovered that nail salons are being used as fronts for bordellos in the UK. The Daily Mail reports that the number of nail salons in the UK have expanded remarkably; in the last year alone the number of nail salons increased with 20% and now amounts to thirty thousand. Manicures are cheap… Read more »
Proposed law creates strong feelings in France
During autumn the French parliament has been working on a proposed new law which, like the Swedish Sex Purchase Act, aims to criminalise sexual services purchase. The proposed law that hopefully will apply from next year has aroused strong feelings among some French men. The French weekly magazine Causeur has created a debate with its… Read more »
New web game – Do you want to become an agent in Fair Sex: Nätverket?
The web game – or the training program that we call ”Fair Sex: The Network” – is ready to go for all those who want to learn more and become engaged in questions about trafficking, prostitution and human rights. Young people and secondary students make up the primary target group; a web game can reach… Read more »
Cold Facts – youth perspectives on sex and the sex trade
According to Cold Facts, youths are purchasing sex at an unmeasured rate; this is even though purchasing sexual services has been illegal for 14 years. Cold Facts documentary which aired on November 3rd 2013 called “Young, attractive and John” is about seemingly normal young men at the age of 18 to 25 who thinks it… Read more »
Corporate Social Responsibility – involvement in trafficking issues November 21st
Welcome to an important seminar where trafficking is on the corporate agenda! Trafficking is now the second largest area of organised crime and it affects millions of people yearly. 76% of all human trafficking is for sexual purposes. The issue is a highly current event for corporates as globalization where different fields meets challenges as… Read more »
Book release of ”Intimitet och makt” in connection with the Anti-Trafficking Day
On 17 October, in order to shed light upon the Anti-Trafficking Day, we paid attention to the release of the book “Intimitet och Makt” (Intimacy and Power) by performing a dance on the square called Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm. Led by E=mc2 Danskonst, with choreography by Gun Lund, students of Kulturama and S:t Erik’s Scengymnasium performed… Read more »