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 »
What I witnessed was probably trafficking
RealStar’s volunteer Elin Weiss writes about her experience of seeing trafficking and what you can do about it. Before and during the summer I have seen a number of articles discussing and describing trafficking, sex trade and child marriage. I have read pieces concerning the difficulties of controlling and stopping child marriage, about people dying… Read more »
RealStars visits Finland – a country that carried out a law of compromise
RealStars continiues the mission to meet organisations in other EU countries and share our work in supporting the swedish law on prostitution and our message about Fair Sex. And the most recently is our meetings with organisations from Finland where there’s an interest in new efforts since the backlash in the work against sex trade. RealStars education in hotels and… Read more »
Strategies for reducing demand in Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden
Last year the European Commission released a report regarding human trafficking for sexual purposes. Part of the report focuses on strategies for reducing the demand for human trafficking for sexual purposes. RealStars volonteer, Gabriella Wolfe, has read the report. The report studies two different methods for reducing demand; the decriminalising of pimping and the criminalising… Read more »
We have to talk about those who buy other people’s bodies
Read the RealStar’s volunteer Cecilia Samuelssons thoughts about sexbuyers. In conversations about prostitution we often talk about those selling sex, about the act of selling sex, and sometimes about efforts to deal with prostitution; about the work of the police, and what they see in their work. Most people have their own image of women… Read more »
Three questions to Ulrika Rogland
RealStars regularly interviews people who play an important role in areas relating to trafficking, prostitution and assault. We now have the honour of hearing what Ulrika Rogland thinks about sex crimes and how one can work against them, especially within schools. Ulrika Rogland is one of these important voices. Ulrika previously worked as a prosecutor… Read more »
Why I want to write for RealStars
The RealStars volunteer Gabriella is writing about why she wants to be a volunteer for RealStars. The rain is pattering on the windows of a house in Värmdö. A dim lamp lightens up an otherwise dark room where two of my friends and I are sitting on the sofa eating crisps. We’re talking about the… Read more »
A human right’s issue of the highest importance
Read the RealStar’s volunteer Cecilia Samuelssons thoughts about rights and prostitution. The issue of buying sex, the situation for people in prostitution and the development in countries such as Germany and The Netherlands since they legalized buying sex is a human right’s issue of highest importance. It is an issue of crimes against human’s rights,… Read more »
Regarding men who believe they have a right to sex
Read our volunteer Cecilias thoughts about men and prostitution. We must never allow the conversation on sex buying and prostitution to be dominated and defined by people who believe it’s a human (or men’s) right to have sex, and that this “right” is more important than to protect vulnerable people, to prevent exploitation and to… Read more »
Intervju med Irena Pozar som är Chefredaktör Veckorevyn.com
Realstars intervjuar här Irena Pozar som är Chefredaktör Veckorevyn.com. Veckorevyn är en tidning som idag har stor påverkan på många unga tjejer. Irena har tagit ställning med en viktig kampanj som Realstars anser är linje med Fair Sex. Tjejer ska ju självklart få uttrycka sin sexualitet men samtidigt blir många stämplade som “hora”. Slutshaming är… Read more »