Overview
- Speaking at the Alice-Schwarzer-Stiftung’s Heldinnen-Award in Berlin, she urged Germany to follow Sweden and Norway’s approach.
- She endorsed the Nordic model, which punishes buyers, closes brothels and offers exit support while keeping sellers decriminalised.
- She argued that the Prostitutionsgesetz and the 2017 Prostituiertenschutzgesetz have not protected women from violence, coercion or exploitation.
- She described Germany as the “brothel of Europe” and dismissed the notion that prostitution is a job like any other.
- The event honored streetworkers Sabine Constabel and Cathrin Schauer-Kelpin with a €10,000 prize, and no legislative change has been introduced following her speech.