Rumors about the German ship brothel ”Lust Yacht” have circulated during the Almedalen week. The fictitious concerns that a ship brothel has anchored off Visby’s harbor was a campaign made by Realstars to create awareness of how widespread the European sex industry really is. The campaign builds on Järfälla Tjejjour’s ”Almedalsbordellen” 2010 and is a… Read more »
Event & aktiviteter
German Ship Brothel in Almedalen
During this week, RealStars is on location at Almedalen, protesting the German ship brothel Lust Yacht in order to encourage more people to take action for an enforced legislation against sex trade. Lust Yacht is a German ship brothel advertising that the best party in Almedalen is found beyond Swedish borders. All over Almedalen we’ve… Read more »
Realstars at Almedalen
This year’s Almedalsvecka (Almedalen Week) has begun. Realstars are on location with various activities this year. There is among other things a seminar you can read about below. Hope to see you there. Issues like trafficking need to be a higher priority on the agenda and society needs to step away from words and act… Read more »
Realstars at the Nordiskt Forum in Malmö
Last weekend 20,000 people attended the Nordiskt Forum in Malmö, which offered a variety of activities and perspectives on gender and feminism. We were five people from Realstars who during 4 days occupied the booth for 28 hours and passed on our message about Fair Sex trafficking. We were hosting a seminar on Sunday with… Read more »
Panel who defend sex trade – discussion during West Pride
West Pride has spread color in Gothenburg during the past week. One point on the agenda got us on Realstars to react. It seems that when our Swedish sex-purchase law gets greater support, the pro-prostitution enthusiasts also increase their support, not surprisingly with a biased approach. An example is when RFSL had invited to a… Read more »
Realstars is breaking new ground in Dalarna
In May, Realstars went to Dalarna to make a visit to St. Michael’s School in Mora, but also to Skattungbyn a couple of miles outside Mora where the local cultural association organized a public lecture for the village citizens. At St. Michael’s School we gave a big lecture and organized a workshop with students from… Read more »
Realstars’ Annual meet 2014 and join forces for Nordiskt Forum 2014
Yesterday some of Realstars’ members gathered to attend the annual meeting. The board expanded with more members and will play a more important part as Realstars grows. The story of the progress and the names of new commissioners will soon appear on this site. After the meeting those of us who are going to Nordiskt… Read more »
Blog Seminar with Presskontakterna
Two weeks ago RealStars collaborated with Presskontakterna in creating a blog seminar where we talked about trafficking and the project Fair Fucking Sex. Talking about human trafficking and sexual assault often results in heated discussions as we have all some form of connection or personal experience revolving the subject. At the same time, everyone is… Read more »
RealStars conducts lectures for entire schools!
Students from the Frida Upper Secondary School in Vänersborg. Lately RealStars have been conducting several mass lectures at upper secondary schools, among others for the entire Frida upper secondary school in Vänersborg and Drottning Blankas upper secondary school in Kungsbacka. Both lectures were for approximately 150 students. At the Frida school we also conducted practical… Read more »
Realstars wellcome school staff to a seminar on Fair Sex: The Network
Trafficking increases and sex violations and abuse produces strong reactions. Fair Sex – sex on equal terms is an urgent topic that fits into the school curiculum with respect to ethics as well as human rights. Fair Sex: The Network is a unique webbased and interactive material adjusted to students in secondary school. The students lear… Read more »