Fair Sex

A firmer stance on sex trade in France?

In December 2011 a debate about prostitution was re-energized in France when the National Assembly expressed an aspiration to criminalize sex buying. Prostitution is currently admissible in France but to “actively offer sexual services” as well as all types of pimping is illegal. The vague law leads to protests from all sides. “Mouvement du Nid”,… Read more »

The Swedish Institute – a visitors program for distribution of the Swedish example

The Swedish Institute (SI) has several assignments to promote Sweden internationally. Culture, society, education, economy, democracy and global development comes to mind. The Swedish Institute’s work against human trading and prostitution is very important to us. We have posed some questions to the project leader of the mission, Ulrika Rosvall Levin. 1. Can you briefly… Read more »

A new proposition: Remove the two-year rule which encourages importing of wife and violence

The Local recently reported about a proposition which could reduce violence to women who come to Sweden with a Swedish partner. The proposition would mean that the two-year rule when applying for citizenship will be abolished since the rule is thought to make it harder for women in violent relationships to leave, this according to… Read more »

Art for Fair Sex at Lagerhuset Sep 6

We had an amazing evening together with almost 120 visitors at Lagerhuset. RealStars’ artistic project manager Amanda Frövenholt was in charge of the event together with our founder Malin Roux who spoke to an enthusiastic audience about RealStars’ work against trafficking and prostitution. Eva Magnusson from The City Executive Office and Gregory McDermott , director… Read more »

Next event September 6th – Art for Fair Sex

During spring we worked with some artists. We are now happy to soon have a unique exhibition at an event in Lagerhuset. The artists contribute with one work each problematizing under the motto of Fair Sex. Matilda Frykberg Ann-Pia Azizuddin Mette Johansen Martina Jakobsson Minka Jakerson Indiekören (The Indie Choir) will make an appearance during… Read more »

What’s your price – another ´grey zone behaviour´?

Before we visited RealStars’ web page, we hadn’t encountered Miss Travels promotion video. When we first saw it, we felt that something wasn’t right. It’s like RealStars’ video response states: if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. When looking for similar behaviors we found the dating site What’s Your Price which… Read more »