Today, October 18th it is the EU’s anti-trafficking-day, a day when we give extra attention to the extensive human trafficking that is happening today, right now, and yesterday as well as tomorrow. Selling or buying human beings, slavery, is something that most people would relate to colonialism, something that happened a long time ago. That… Read more »
At the end of September Södra Latins High School organised themed study days for students from the Social Studies and Introductory Language programmes. The theme of the study days was the terms on which we have sex. As well as deepening understanding of Fair Sex – and its opposite, trafficking and prostitution – the activity… Read more »
Realstars regularly visits Brussel and other countries to talk about fair-sex and promote the Swedish sex-buying law. In September, we visited Chicago and took the opportunity to go to an important conference the 15:th International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference at The Toledo university. Under the latest couple of years, Illinois is the only… Read more »
During the spring of 2018, RealStars in cooperation with the magazine “Faktum” brought to light the concept of digital brothels through a seminary and a published report. They are escort sites that exist on an international level and function as a platform to sell ads for sexual services, virtually without risk, making the venture highly… Read more »
In July, the court of appeal announced a verdict that entrained a strong standpoint for women’s rights. In the lawsuit, a woman had been awoken in the middle of the night by her boyfriend raping her when they were in a cabin out in the woods. When she woke up she was terrified and did… Read more »
At the Södra Latins High School both teachers and pupils are in full gear with their work concerning Fair Sex, and it’s soon time for the students in the programmes of Social Science and Introductory Linguistics to have days with the theme of sex on equal terms. Together with others, RealStars will be participating in… Read more »
Sweden adopted the legislation for purchasing commercial sex that criminalises buying sex in 1999. Several countries have joined after that; France, Canada, Iceland, Northern Ireland and Norway that took it a step further by criminalising buying sex outside of Norwegian borders as well. Now the debate has come to Spain where it is a controversial… Read more »
The summer was coming to an end and a lot of adolescents were making the most of their last few days of summer break at the festival We Are Sthlm. Realstars was present to spread the word about Fair Sex Online. Internet is a tool for information exchange and communication between people. Sadly it has… Read more »
Last week it was time for Europride and Kulturkalaset in Gothenburg. Of course RealStars participated to spread the message that Fair Sex is for all people in all situations. We had a creativity-tent in Europride park and a public lecture with focus on how RealStars work against sex-trafficking and on the situation for HBTQ-people within… Read more »
Our guest blogger Robert Schenck reviews Tehran Taboo, an animated film about prostitution, female oppression and corruption in Iran today. This is an attractive film with strong credibility. Title: Tehran Taboo [Teheran Tabu in Swedish] Editor: Ali Soozandeh Manus: Ali Soozaneh and Grit Kienzlen Year: 2018 Film Review of Robert Schenck In Ali Soozandeh’s film,… Read more »
