Last month I was invited to the RealStars event: Trafficking in the Real World and in Popular Culture. I was asked to talk about mine and Katarina Gregersdotter’s book: Rape in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy and Beyond, in which eleven researchers analyze rape and sexual violence in crime thrillers. During the evening, the audience listened… Read more »
Stop Female Death in Advertising
Stop Female Death In Advertising is Lisa Hågeby’s master’s dissertation at Beckman’s University of Design. The project shows how women in commercials are made submissive on a grand scale. To illustrate the phenomenon, she picked the most extreme form of submission, images that allude to a dead woman. From ReaStars’ perspective, it is not hard… Read more »
EU is launching a platform against human trading
How can organizations in society get together and become a driving force in eradicating trafficking? A small step was taken May 31 in Brussels as non-profit organizations from EU countries gathered for the first time in the new forum to lay the foundation for what will help to make a change. The originators, Cecilia Malmström… Read more »
This t-shirt helps stop sex trafficking
RealStars is launching our first t-shirt now. 25% of the profits are used to stop trafficking. The t-shirt which is made with organic cotton is available in unisex and female styles. Buy it HERE and help us promote Fair Sex and fight trafficking. The design is made by textile-designer Johanna Brag. It´s a design that… Read more »
Celebrities donate clothes against trafficking
Erikshjälpen starts #intetillsalu, which is an amazing initiative with the purpose of creating awareness and interest in preventing human trading with children. Second-hand clothes from celebrities as well as from regular Swedes are being sold to benefit the work against trafficking. Sarah Dawn Finer, Malena Ernman, Peter Jöback, Mando Diao, Carina Berg and many others… Read more »
There is a second hell waiting outside the brothel
Because of the escape of the three American kidnapping victims, Katrin Kielos writes in Aftonbladet of the millions of women and children who are still being held as sex slaves. The ones with no voice. ”They often ask the women why they don’t escape. Run away. Break free. Could the door really have been shut… Read more »
Business Against Trafficking can be seen in the media
It is now possible to read about our collaboration with businesses to encourage social responsibility against trafficking, in the GT newspaper. We are immensely thankful for all our partners who have made this project possible; Caroline af Ugglas, Marknadscheferna, Elanders, Faceways and A-ramar. Thank you! Malin for Realstars Sign our petition for a Europe free… Read more »
How is a lucrative market for human trading made?
SR reports that there is an increase in trafficking victims in Europe but there are still no real efforts to prohibit sex buying in order to reduce the demand for sexual services. Two weeks ago, Sveriges Radio reported that there was a substantial increase in trafficking victims in EU countries. Amount of victims of trafficking… Read more »
TRAFFICKING IN REALITY AND FICTION
Realstars invites you to a very important event May 23 17.30 at Bio Roy. The sexual slavery market has been globalised and continues to grow. This business is ongoing every day, all year round- even in Gothenburg, where the biggest human trafficking case in Sweden so far took place last year. Abuse and trafficking is not… Read more »
