As the year comes to a close, we at RealStars want to take a moment to reflect on and share some of the highlights from the past year. While our drive to create change and make the most of every resource often keeps us focused on the future, it’s just as important to pause and… Read more »
RealStars Stockholm has visited high schools throughout Stockholm this semester to conduct workshops on Fair Sex and paid sexual abuse. The demand has been high, and many of the students we’ve met say it’s the first time they’ve had the opportunity to talk about prostitution, human trafficking, and Fair Sex issues connected to these topics…. Read more »
Throughout the year, we at RealStars Stockholm have visited high schools across the county to hold lectures and workshops on the theme of “Why ‘sex’ cannot be bought.” This initiative is supported by HM Queen Silvia’s foundation Care About the Children. The response has been fantastic – over 60 school visits have been booked, giving… Read more »
“What can I do to help?” This is one of our most common questions, which is fantastic. Realstars, due to the pandemic, just like everyone else, had significant constraints in our work, not the least in our volunteer work. Now we are starting up our volunteer work again and Realstars are looking for engaged people… Read more »
If you have worked for a long time with these questions, there’s a limit. I’ve done this for 11 years now. Realstar’s focus on counteracting demand is good, and of course, the support and the rights, and to give moral compensation for victims of sexual exploitation, should always be at the center. I have increasingly… Read more »
The impact of France latching on to Sweden’s proposal to pursue an international joint diplomacy against human trafficking for sexual exploitation and prostitution can’t be overestimated. “There are many benefits”. That is what Per-Anders Sunesson, Sweden’s former ambassador against human trafficking between 2016 and 2021, also a board member in Realstars Sweden, is saying. In… Read more »
What an intense and amazing week from June 14-21! We held the first Auction Against Trafficking in six years, together with our incredible role models: Therése Lindgren, Otto Wallin, Oscar Ahlin, Robin Söderling, and Linda Pira. A BIG THANK YOU to each of them! With the support of three athletes, a driven influencer, and a… Read more »
Would you like to help improve working conditions for employees in an industry at risk of sexual exploitation? As part of our work against sexual exploitation, RealStars has been visiting Thai massage parlors since 2019. Our goal is to contribute to an improved working environment, elevate the status of Thai massages, provide support, and inspire… Read more »
The Realstars project Växtkraft Thai has recently begun to form, the aim is to provide support and better conditions for young women working at Thai massage institutes in Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm. The core is to be able to work in a serious and safe environment, within a healthy business and without stigma. The… Read more »
It has probably not escaped anyone that Realstars and Child10 foundation during October and November have driven a campaign against sex purchases under the name Hyrflickvän (Rent a girlfirend). It was launched on the 13th of October and was set up as a fake sugar dating website which we spread through sponsored ads and flyers… Read more »
