2025/09/23 14:40

Dear survivors of sexual exploitation! Dear allies and fellow campaigners! Dear supporters!

We launched our petition at the end of February and, with your help, have collected more than 4,000 signatures! Thank you!

In the meantime, KFN has presented its evaluation of the Prostitute Protection Act, which is positive and makes a rethink in politics seem unlikely. [1]
We have already clearly expressed our criticism of this at events and on social media: ‘Here, too, we who have left the industry were not consulted, even though we, with the distance that is often needed and the processing that we ourselves are engaged in, could have contributed so much to the circumstances in prostitution. Instead, we were simply ignored.’[2, 3]
The published results have also been sharply criticised by the Federal Association for the Nordic Model: ‘Further recommendations, such as extending the scope of the Prostitute Protection Act to “underage prostitutes”, as proposed by the KFN, are even more worrying.’[4]

On September 14, we submitted our petition by email to the Petitions Committee of the German Parliament and requested an appointment to hand it over in person. Unfortunately, we have not yet received a response.
We have now also contacted the Federal Minister for Education and Family Affairs, Ms Prien, by email and requested an appointment to hand over our petition. We are still waiting for her response.

That is the current status. The good news is that our petition has been officially received by the Petitions Committee and will definitely be dealt with!

Thank you very much for your commitment! We will continue – together – for all women and girls!

Yours, Ellas

Sources:
[1] KFN, Evaluation des Gesetzes zur Regulierung des Prostitutionsgewerbes sowie zum Schutz von in der Prostitution tätigen Personen, 24.06.2025, www.bmbfsfj.bund.de/bmbfsfj/service/publikationen/evaluation-des-gesetzes-zur-regulierung-des-prostitutionsgewerbes-sowie-zum-schutz-von-in-der-prostitution-taetigen-personen-prostituiertenschutzgesetz-prostschg--266228
[2] Netzwerk Ella, Konferenz "Das Ganze Feld im Blick - Zur Evaluation des Prostituiertenschutzgesetzes 2025" von Bündnis Ludwigsburg e.V., 28.07.2025, www.buendnisludwigsburg.de/media/marlene_netzwerk_ella_statement_und_erfahrungen.pdf
[3] Netzwerk Ella, Instagram, 23.08.2025, www.instagram.com/p/DNr0HIj2D-j/?img_index=1
[4] BVNM, Pressemitteilung, 25.06.2025, www.bundesverband-nordischesmodell.de/arbeitsbereiche/pm-06-2025-evaluation-prostschg

2025/05/26 6:55

Dear survivors of sexual exploitation! Dear allies and fellow campaigners! Dear supporters!

We started our petition three months ago and have received a lot of encouragement and solidarity from all parts of the world. The numerous comments keep giving us strength to keep fighting and remain optimistic. Thank you very sincerely for that!

However, the issue is still a peripheral problem for many and the German media remain silent about our petition. The government sees no need for action and stays inactive, blind and deaf in the face of our need.
We require at least 30,000 signatures from Germany for our petition to be heard in the German parliament. At the moment there are just over 3,000 signatures - unfortunately that is not enough.

That is why we are appealing to all of you, to everyone: stand up, get loud, get active!
Draw attention to our petition, campaign for support and more signatures!
We need your solidarity and courage!

Prostitution affects every woman and every girl. It destroys lives and toxifies society as a whole.
Buying sex is inseparably linked to human trafficking, slavery, violence and exploitation.
It matters to all of us!

Get loud - every voice counts!