Sixteen members of the German Parliament from the CDU/CSU and the SPD – among them our second chairman Leni Breymaier – call on all prime ministers to keep the brothels in their countries closed. In view of the Corona crisis, it would be negligent to reopen the brothels for health reasons. In addition, the parliamentarians make it clear that they consider prostitution to be inhumane, destructive and misogynistic:
Germany’s brothels are closed. What does that mean for the women? And why does the pro-prostitution lobby lament a threatening “homelessness”? And: will the Cologne mega-brothel “Pascha” really get short-time allowance from the Corona rescue funds for the economy?
24 March 2020
by Chantal Louis
Dear Secretary-General Guterres,
On behalf of the undersigned, sex trade survivors, frontline service providers, and women’s and human rights activists, each dedicated to ending the sex trafficking and prostitution of women and girls in our respective countries and worldwide, we have the honor to transmit this letter to you.
We from “SISTERS – for the exit from prostitution! e.V.” will regularly inform you here on our website about our public relations work and will share with you various media reports on our activities. Today, however, we give you an insight into our practical work which is an essential part of our commitment.
The first chairwoman of SISTERS e.V., Sabine Constabel, was invited as an expert to a committee of the Council of Europe in Paris on 6 September 2019.
In its opinion, it was able to present the situation in Germany and to draw attention to the fatal consequences of ‘liberalisation’.
By the end of the year, the Committee plans to call on member states to act with the report “Concerted Action against Trafficking in Human Beings”.
With the kind permission of the authors Ane Stø und Asta Håland, we have translated the article “The Crusade of the Pro-Prostitution-Lobby” from English to German and offer here both versions for download. The original was published in 2013 in the collection The Nordic Model by Trine Rogg Korsvik and Ane Stø.
Hilke Lorenz, reporter of the Stuttgarter Zeitung wrote in The Guardian About “brothel king” Jürgen Rudloff. He is now serving a five-year sentence for aiding and abetting trafficking.
Talita is a schwedish NGO, who cares for women who were exploited in prostitution, in pornography and in human trafficking. Talita help them to escape. They transmitted us 10 myths about pornography. We are pleased to publish them, because prostitution and pornography destroy human beings and sexuality.
Dana Levy is an Israeli sex industry survivor who promotes the Nordic Model in Israel. She publishes articles in local newspapers in order to influence public opinion. She very kindly sent us (Nordic model now) this translation of one of her articles with a message of thanks for what she describes as our ‘amazing work.’ We send thanks for her amazing work in return.
On March 11th 2018 Sabine Constabel and SISTERS – For The Exit From Prostitution! e.V. were rewarded with the Barbara-Künkelin-Award of the City of Schorndorf by Mayor Matthias Klopfer. Here we publish the laudation given by Prof. Dr. Monika Barz and the speech of thanks by Sabine Constabel.
