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Spain Holds EU Presidency and Focuses on Digital Dimension in Brussels

In the beginning of November, it was time for the EU’s autumn conference and meetings for civil society organizations and national rapporteurs in Brussels. The Commission and the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator hosted the events, but the country holding the presidency left its mark. This term, the presidency was held by Spain, a country that in… Read more »

Visa and Mastercard takes a stand against sexual exploitation

Debit-card companies can make it more difficult for the sex trade or facilitate it. Visa and Mastercard have taken a stand against the “digital brothels”, most visibly for the porn website Pornhub, a website were rape on children, revenge porn and rough abuse on women has been normalized. Now, more payment services and social media… Read more »

Auction Against Trafficking – Feel free to donate something, together we can make a difference

As autumn arrives, it’s the perfect time to clear out your closet. Maybe find a new home for that unused lamp in the corner? Many of us have things tucked away in our wardrobes or attics – nice items we just don’t use. This past June, with the support of Therése Lindgren, Linda Pira, Otto… Read more »

”All guys consume pornography” – about ascribing pornography as a male trait and the consequences thereof

We must talk about pornography. We must talk about the normalization of how we talk about pornography, that it’s something “all guys do” and something you just have to accept. We must talk about, as a girlfriend, being naive when expressing that one’s boyfriend doesn’t consume pornography. The average age of beginning to look at… Read more »

Conference: How Can Digital Brothels Be Stopped?

  Child10, RealStars, Unizon, ROKS, and the County Administrative Boards of Norrbotten, Västerbotten, and Västernorrland invite you to a full-day event on May 26th, addressing the issue of modern-day digital brothels.  You can read more and sign up for the event here. Today, prostitution, human trafficking, and the exploitation of children and women are just… Read more »

Cyber-Vulnerability on social media platforms

RealStar’s volunteer Louise Zackrisson are thinking about social media and their role in sexual abuse.  So, social media is great right? You can share your life with others, get information about the next event near you and keep in touch with family and friends. However social media is also a virtual passage for various trafficking… Read more »

Youth, Internet and Fair Sex – do you want to join our focus group?

Anti-trafficking organization RealStars has in recent years visited hundreds of schools to engage young people in our work, and strengthen the values of Fair Sex and against trafficking. We think sex should be on equal terms, without violence or force, in all situations and for all individuals. The opposite of Fair Sex is prostitution and… Read more »

Who accepts responsibility for the sales of teenage bodies online & IRL? RealStars in Almedalen

During Almedalsveckan, RealStars arranged the seminar “Who accepts responsibility for the sales of teenage bodies online & IRL?” Malin Roux Johansson, RealStars, Madeleine Sundell, Frälsningsarmén, Julia Östfeldt, Föreningen Tillsammans, and Rebecka Eriksson, Fryshuset, took part in the panel discussions. The seminar was initiated with a short presentation of RealStars, where the founder Malin Roux Johansson… Read more »