On August 31, Expressen reported that the Moderate Youth Organization had decided to work for the abolishing of the law prohibiting the purchase of sexual services and that the purchasing of sex should be legalized. As a reaction to this, on Monday 31/8 RealStars decided to send out the following email to the representatives of… Read more »
Trafficking
Instagram contest – #forfair6
Now RealStars is launching an Instagram contest with the theme Fair Sex that will last all autumn! Fair sex is sex on equal terms with mututal respect – Fair Sex cannot be exchanged, bought or sold. RealStars loves creative expressions and we believe in the old cliché that a picture tells more than a thousand words…. Read more »
The Media Upper Secondary School in Nacka Strand
The fall semester of 2015 is in full swing and so are we here at RealStars. Yesterday I, Anton, visited the amazing last year students who are studying photography at the Media Upper Secondary School. The afternoon was initiated with a lecture where students could learn more about trafficking, what the situation is like in… Read more »
“See Me Not” a girls path to freedom from a brothel in India
Réal Laplaine writes fiction books that have a moral, warm and human tone. On the 27th of August Réal Laplaine releases a new edition of See Me Not. See Me Not is a literary fiction, a thriller and an ambassador for the hundreds of thousands of children and women around the world who are trapped in… Read more »
RealStars @ Stockholm Pride 2015
Under the watchword ”we are breaking up with trafficking and unfair sex in Europe”, RealStars participated in the Pride parade 2015 last Saturday. In total, we were 16 people that distributed information about RealStars’ work to curious Stockholm natives along the parade route during the day. To RealStars, it is important to participate in the… Read more »
Meet RealStars in Almedalen
The politicians’ week in Almedalen will start on Sunday, and RealStars will obviously be there. On Monday, the 29th of June at 10 am, we invite to a panel talk on the theme “Who accepts responsibility for the selling of teenage bodies online and IRL?”. You are very welcome! Sex trafficking is increasing in the… Read more »
#wedontbuyit, new legislation in Northern Ireland and End Demand Now in Scotland
Things are changing on the British Islands. The #wedontbuyit campaign in Ireland and Northern Ireland, new sex purchase legislation and, only yesterday, a new anti-prostitution campaign in Scotland. A campaign by the name #wedontbuyit has been growing strong in the British Islands during the spring. With slogans such as “Prostitution we don’t buy it” and “most… Read more »
I WAS BORN WITH BAD BLOOD – winner in the short story contest!
Today we have the honor to present the winning entry of the short story contest that was running throughout the spring. The author’s name is William Älgebrink and below you can read his short story “I was born with bad blood.” I have started to accept that I no longer classifies as a human. I… Read more »
Break the Chain
On Saturday RealStars participated in Break the Chain, a seminar on prostitution and trafficking at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg. The day began with a guided tour of the exhibition Playground, an exhibition about norms and the right to be yourself. Through collected objects from Sweden and Vietnam, stories of prejudice, gender and… Read more »
Myths and perceptions are discussed and knowledge shared – for Fair Sex on a broad front
RealStars visited Praktiska Gymnasiet in Gothenburg this week. The visit involved intensive hours with lots of discussion and many creative and exciting ideas about how we together can make the world a better place. We also talked about the many myths and perceptions that exist around discussions on sex, sexual norms, gender and abuse. There… Read more »