Three students in Trollhättan started a ‘UF’* company and developed a combined swizzle stick and drug testing device to prevent girls being drugged and becoming easy targets for rape. They have now decided to donate 10% of their profits to RealStars. Ida, Elin and Sofie are currently undertaking their final year of Hotel and Tourism… Read more »
Today is the last of four days we have spent at Alströmergymnasiet (Alströmer high school) in Alingsås. Our days have been filled with discussions, creative work and interaction with very interested and engaged students. We have met 250 students in total and discussed subjects such as human trafficking in Europe, organised crime in the global… Read more »
On Wednesday the 14th of January, RealStars visited Borgarskolan in Gaevle. The students there are awesome, and study hotel- and tourism management. During our workshop, the students discussed how the hotel industry, the tourism industry, and trafficking are interrelated. They wrote the discussion outcomes down on posters, and also proposed suggestions on how the different… Read more »
SPACE International (Survivors of Prostitution-Abuse Calling for Enlightenment) was founded by a group of sex trafficking survivors. They are now working to end global human trafficking once and for all. The goal of the organisation is to inform the public about the violence and abuse that always come with prostitution, but also to advocate to governments… Read more »
During our school visits, we have had a lot of interesting discussions and value exercises with the young people that we meet. We discuss trafficking, prostitution, sexual harassment, what Fair Sex means, and everything there in between. Everything under the sun regarding these questions are discussed. The young people are always eager to discuss, and… Read more »
The winner of the controversial reality show Paradise Hotel was recently crowned. The show has received a lot of attention in social media, and throughout the show the participants have personified stereotypical gender roles. In fact, the participants have to a great extent mirrored today’s dominant gender roles, attributes and expected behaviour. Norms and values… Read more »
The Stockholm police claim that their register of battered women was created for the sole purpose of protecting these female victims. However, as long as there is no proof that this was their true intent, this register becomes just another demonstration of how the victim, rather than the perpetrator, is blamed for the crime occurred…. Read more »
Food for fair sex is a new initiative of RealStars, to advise and support the work against trafficking through such a simple action as a snack. Matapoteket is the first to engage its guests. RealStars has now teamed up with the popular raw food restaurant Matapoteket, which is the first café to increase awareness and… Read more »
Photo of this week’s breakfast meeting with Presskontakterna Stockholm, where Process manager Emily lectured on sextrafficking and how we as fellow humans can activate ourselves in the work to discourage demand and reinforce the message of FAIR SEX. Thanks to all participants and Presskontakterna for an inspiring morning! # forfair6
In conjunction with the Human Rights Day, December 10th, RealStars is paying attention to the slave trade in Europe and wants the uprising of tightening the law to stop trafficking, reach the EU’s decision-makers. Thousands of signatures have been collected throughout the year during our campaigns. The EU must make it a reality to protect… Read more »
