Scandic are preparing to fight prostitution and the purchasing of sex at hotels

Scandic Hotels have decided to provide their staff with education regarding questions of prostitution. RealStars have been working together with Scandic Hotels for a long time through the project Hotels Against Trafficking, and we think that this is very exciting news. Today, many of the Swedish sex purchases are made at hotels. This is something… Read more »

”National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month” in the United States

Throughout January, the Unites States has brought attention to slavery and human trafficking through the recently introduced National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Among other things, the House of Representatives approved 12 different bills aimed at combating human trafficking. This issue is now to be further discussed in the Senate. It all started with… Read more »

The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: what are the benefits? And is there a connection between the porn industry and human trafficking?

During the third week of January Realstars visited a number of high schools in the Stockholm area: Kunskapsgymnasiet in the Ericsson Globe and Fredrika Bremergymnaiserna in Haninge. We discussed many different and interesting subjects, in particular the Swedish Sex Purchase Act which was introduced in 1999. This act implies that a person who purchases sexual… Read more »

Realstars is growing in 2015

RealStars can look back on an eventful year of 2014 with several successful influence campaigns. We have made a lasting impression on a local, national and EU level. The message of Fair Sex has reached thousands through different campaigns, and we have visited 3-5 different high schools this week alone. Please have a look at… Read more »

Porn, prostitution and trafficking

Pornography is being consumed by younger and younger people and has more aggressive content today than previously. England has responded with a new law. RealStars considers pornography’s link to prostitution and trafficking. People don’t speak about pornography, but you see it as soon as you turn on the computer. Pornography today is different to the… Read more »

Colour Me Safe UF helps RealStars

Three students in Trollhättan  started a ‘UF’* company and developed a combined swizzle stick and drug testing device to prevent girls being drugged and becoming easy targets for rape. They have now decided to donate 10% of their profits to RealStars. Ida, Elin and Sofie are currently undertaking their final year of Hotel and Tourism… Read more »

“Thank you so much for visiting us, it was very informative”

Today is the last of four days we have spent at Alströmergymnasiet (Alströmer high school) in Alingsås. Our days have been filled with discussions, creative work and interaction with very interested and engaged students. We have met 250 students in total and discussed subjects such as human trafficking in Europe, organised crime in the global… Read more »

SURVIVOR STORIES – Alma

This is the story about Alma from the Philippines. In 1984, Alma lived under the name “Pearly” in Olongapo City which was a flourishing American military base. There she worked as a waitress when one day an American soldier started to take interest in her. The soldier talked to the bar manager about paying for… Read more »