Are you on top of Järvaveckan that was initiated this Saturday? It’s a fairly new political week aimed towards bringing ordinary people and politicians holding elective office together, as well as reducing the alienation of suburbian residents. We already have many friends on site working for a better society through organizations. On Saturday June 16th… Read more »
Meet Klara Hedberg!
Meet Klara Hedberg our new online and digital advocacy facilitator. Klara comes to us from the YouTube Splay network and the artists’ booking agency Appelgren Friedner. Along with the rest of us at RealStars Klara will continue to work against trafficking with the “Fair Sex” message online, run exciting projects and influence opinion. Hear her… Read more »
RealStars demands greater focus on sex-buyers in the EU´s work against trafficking.
RealStars is part of the EU’s platform for the civil community against human trafficking, where organisations from member states contribute and share their experiences and ideas. Last week we met in Brussels in order to plan more actions. RealStars attended and emphasised the sex buyers’ responsibility and the importance of working against demand in order… Read more »
Who is protecting the invisible women and girls?
A strong, captivating and informative lecture was given to the listeners when Realstars invited Anna Zobnina from European Network of Migrant Women to give a lecture at Clarion Hotel Post, one of the Fair Sex-hotels. Network of Migrant Women is a feminist network of grassroot-organizations that are active in 20 European countries with a vision… Read more »
Consent now in Swedish law – A step forwards # ForFairSex
Consent is law, history has been written! Today we celebrate an historic day. The Swedish parliament voted yes on a consent law AND “carelessness-necessary condition” (along with a lot of other great things). This for one thing means that it is no longer up to the victim to prove he or she did not want… Read more »
Welcome to a workshop about digital media with an external communicator
Social media – for Fair Sex and against trafficking! RealStars are hosting a valuable workshop in digital marketing, for those of you who enjoy social media and are curious on how to use social media together with us in order to contribute to a better world. You will also get an introduction about the ways… Read more »
Dedicated students demand greater civic courage to promote Fair Sex
During a RealStars visit to Nacka Gymnasium, it was apparent that students were all in agreement that power, sex/gender norms and a strong macho society are the causes that mostly men buy sex and women sell it. In order to redress this they think that we should all teach people to respect women starting from… Read more »
The Military Academy and Corps addressed prostitution and human trafficking together with RealStars
Human trafficking and prostitution are, unfortunately, a big part of crisis and conflict. Sadly these issues tend to end up being swept under the carpet. At the beginning of May RealStars and the Military Academy´s student corps had the opportunity to arrange an important, appreciated lecture entitled “Human trafficking in times of war”. Lecturers were… Read more »
Great dedication amongst soon-to-be teacher assistants
Realstars visited Katrinebergs folk college for a one-day workshop with soon-to-be teacher assistants. We met a dedicated group that had lots of questions and we had a very rewarding day together. We talked about trafficking, prostitution and how we can decrease demand. We also asked us the question; How do we talk about this with… Read more »
CSR Forum – #CSRMOTSEXKÖP
On the 18th of April, Realstars were one of the exhibitors at CSR Forum with the theme of Integration and Climate. We stuck out when talking about Corporate Social Responsibility against commercial sexual exploitation. Many important topics were brought up throughout the day and several talented speakers brought up important questions and societal issues, however,… Read more »