RealStars has interviewed Mikael Lestander who is the founder of the social enterprise Mileva which aims to give new hope for women who have been subjected to trafficking. What is Milvea? Mileva is a social enterprise aiming to provide a better life for women who have been subjected to trafficking and prostitution. We are managing… Read more »
The Media Upper Secondary Schools photos for fair sex
One week ago, RealStars visited the Media Upper Secondary School in Stockholm for the second time. The reason was that students from class 3e were to present the photos they created with inspiration from RealStars’ lecture and workshop. Students chose between two “tasks”: 1. To choose a picture they think represent unfair sex and change… Read more »
EU Parliament Vote: FEMM report on prostitution.
This week, the European Parliament will cast their vote on demanding that EU member states consider criminalizing sex purchases. This comes after a report by Mary Honeyball (Great Britain), Honeyball is a member of FEMM (Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality). RealStars has tried to influence Swedish parliamentarians to vote for Honeyball’s proposal. This… Read more »
Global Upper Secondary School, what do we do about the demand?
Yesterday RealStarts visited the Global Upper Secondary School in Stockholm to give a lecture on trafficking, the sex-trade and fair sex. The lecture was followed by a workshop where the students were asked to answer the question: ”how can we reduce the demand for sexual services?”. These are the suggestions from class ES11B: 1. Raise… Read more »
Workshops at Västerhöjds in Skövde
Realstars was the 14th of January at Västerhöjds highschool in Skövde and held a number of workshops with our web-based learning material. Fair Sex: Nätverket. The classes were very focused when they went through it and the general opinion was that it was interesting and raised several important issues. Ida and Bella, first-year students attending… Read more »
When nobody is looking
The Gothenburg Film Festival is over but RealStars continues to view films on the theme of Fair Sex and its opposites. One film that has touched us is “When Nobody is Looking” – a film about child sex trafficking from ECPAT, directed by Ulla Lemberg and David Herdies. The film tells us something about the… Read more »
Ukraine is not a brothel – Gothenburg International Filmfestival
Realstars has a tradition of attending the Gothenburg Film Festival where we watch movies related to the theme Fair Sex and its opposites. Ukraine is not a brothel was shown at the Gothenburg Film Festival and is directed by Kitty Green. The documentary shows an inside image of the feminist organisation Femen. In the movie,… Read more »
About the French sex purchase law that penalises the buyer
At the end of November the French parliament voted on a new law that criminalises buying sexual services. The vote is the result of a big effort that began over 10 years ago after France initiated a ground-breaking investigation about prostitution. The report, completed 2011, highlighted the buyers’ contribution to the oppression inherent in prostitution…. Read more »
Berlin – gloomy when it comes to Fair Sex
Berlin was the first city we visited on our European tour to see the country from the perspective of Fair Sex. The winter cold had set in. We had a full program and met NGOs such as SOLWODI and Neustart, a journalist and the Swedish Embassy. We also visited the Bundestag where we learnt that… Read more »
All upper secondary school students play Fair Sex: the Network
Mikael Elias Theoretical Upper Secondary School is located close to Kronhuset in central Gothenburg, where ethical issues are integrated in school activities. When the educational tool and web game “Fair Sex: the Network” was completed last fall, it was natural for Mikael Elias to allocate time for all students to enter the fictitious world of… Read more »