RealStars volonteer Ida Kjellberg Stjernström writes about a deep conversation with her rumanian friend Laura. ” If you have the beautiful looks you will get the best job” Me and my friend Laura has just been out in nature hiking together with a little group of people. Our noses are red and are in… Read more »
En volontärs tankar
How I got here
Hello everybody! My name is Eric Cagenius and I recently became a volunteer here at RealStars. I thought I would tell you guys how I got in touch with RealStars, and what got me to want to be engaged. I could start off by mentioning a lot of overwhelming numbers and statistics. But what… Read more »
(Svenska) RealStars supervolontär Astra
While the coffe gets cold
RealStar’s volunteer Ida Kjellberg Stjernström writes about her experiences from a refugeecamp in Lebanon. ”It was night and dark outside. We walked through the mountains with smugglers. We had no food and no water. Many of my friends did not survive. I was afraid” My friend told me this when I asked him how he… Read more »
What I witnessed was probably trafficking
RealStar’s volunteer Elin Weiss writes about her experience of seeing trafficking and what you can do about it. Before and during the summer I have seen a number of articles discussing and describing trafficking, sex trade and child marriage. I have read pieces concerning the difficulties of controlling and stopping child marriage, about people dying… Read more »
We have to talk about those who buy other people’s bodies
Read the RealStar’s volunteer Cecilia Samuelssons thoughts about sexbuyers. In conversations about prostitution we often talk about those selling sex, about the act of selling sex, and sometimes about efforts to deal with prostitution; about the work of the police, and what they see in their work. Most people have their own image of women… Read more »
Why I want to write for RealStars
The RealStars volunteer Gabriella is writing about why she wants to be a volunteer for RealStars. The rain is pattering on the windows of a house in Värmdö. A dim lamp lightens up an otherwise dark room where two of my friends and I are sitting on the sofa eating crisps. We’re talking about the… Read more »
A human right’s issue of the highest importance
Read the RealStar’s volunteer Cecilia Samuelssons thoughts about rights and prostitution. The issue of buying sex, the situation for people in prostitution and the development in countries such as Germany and The Netherlands since they legalized buying sex is a human right’s issue of highest importance. It is an issue of crimes against human’s rights,… Read more »
Regarding men who believe they have a right to sex
Read our volunteer Cecilias thoughts about men and prostitution. We must never allow the conversation on sex buying and prostitution to be dominated and defined by people who believe it’s a human (or men’s) right to have sex, and that this “right” is more important than to protect vulnerable people, to prevent exploitation and to… Read more »
Thoughts from a volunteer
Can you remember when you first found out about the problem with sex trafficking around the world? Was it perhaps on Facebook, through an acquaintance or even in the news? Or was it through an organisation online which actively works with the topic, or maybe through personal experience? The chances are that you still don’t… Read more »