von Ellas
Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde,
hier kommt letzter Teil unserer Einreichung für den Bericht der Sonderberichterstatterin der Vereinten Nationen. Für Hintergründe beachtet bitte unser erstes Posting:
Bericht an die Vereinten Nationen - Teil 1.Die letzte Frage, die wir beantwortet haben, lautet in etwa: Welche Empfehlungen haben Sie, um Gewalt im Zusammenhang mit der Prostitution von Frauen und Mädchen zu verhindern und zu beenden?
Hier, in diesen Forderungen zur Beendigung der Gewalt an Mädchen und Frauen in der Prostitution, fügen sich alle Schlüsse aus den vorherigen Antworten, unsere Erfahrungen (vor allem eigene Erfahrungen des unzureichenden oder nicht existenten Schutzes und Hilfe als Betroffene in einem Land mit liberaler Prostitutionspolitik) und unsere Expertise aus langjähriger aktivistischer Arbeit zusammen.
Auch hier gilt: Die Beantwortung dieser Frage bildet nur einen kleinen Ausschnitt unserer Einreichung und Argumentation ab. Wer unsere gesamte Einreichung in einem Stück lesen, sich Passagen für eine maschinelle Übersetzung oder die Quellen zum Reinlesen kopieren will, kann dies auf unserer Homepage tun:
Netzwerk Ella. Wir hoffen sehr, dass unsere Stimme im UN-Menschenrechtsrat angemessenes Gehör findet!
Wir haben unser Bestes gegeben, um diese 7 von 15 vorgeschlagenen Fragen in nur 2.000 Wörtern zu beantworten.
Danke für eure Aufmerksamkeit!
Eure Ellas
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Input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
to the Human Rights Council on prostitution and violence against women and girls
submitted by Netzwerk Ella
15. What recommendations do you have to prevent and end violence associated with the prostitution for women and girls?
In order to prevent and end violence in connection with prostitution, it is essential to prevent prostitution and eliminate its causes. Demand is both, the root and the solution to the problem.
As an organisation of affected women and survivors of prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation, including commercial pornography, Netzwerk Ella calls for prostitution to be abolished as a system of sex-based violence, oppression and exploitation that primarily affects women and girls. [20] Without effectively combating demand, prostitution cannot be abolished. Without the abolition of prostitution, human trafficking and modern slavery cannot be eliminated.
We recommend implementing a systemic approach:
1. Help for persons those affected by prostitution or sexual exploitation.
Decriminalization and guaranteed state assistance for affected persons and survivors to leave sex trade. Abolition of any taxes or levies on offering or practicing sexual services. Providing comprehensive programs that enable health rehabilitation, social reintegration and viable alternatives for those affected. Protection and recognition as victims of violence with the right to asylum. Help for family members of affected persons, especially their children.
2. Elimination of all profits from prostitution or sexual exploitation of other people.
Criminalization of all profiteers from prostitution or sexual exploitation of others and confiscation of all their related profits. Prohibition of selling pornography featuring real persons, excluding own pornographic content. Combating all forms of pimping. Prohibition of any state or municipal revenue from prostitution or sexual exploitation.
3. Education about prostitution and sexual exploitation.
Societal education focusing young people about the destructive consequences and significant dangers of prostitution and pornography. Help for young people at risk and their parents. Age-appropriate education about equality of sexes and sexual self-determination in schools. Support for survivors' organizations providing education.
4. Prevention of prostitution and sexual exploitation.
Combating the demand for prostitution, including the ban on buying sex and punishing johns as soon as they offer payment. Consent to sexual activities in return for payment must be invalid. Combating the demand for pornography featuring real persons. Combating all forms of violence against women and girls. Eliminating sexism, female poverty and disadvantage.
5. Effective work of state services.
Training and further education of all responsible institutions and services. Appropriate contact persons, sufficient female specialists. Involvement of survivor’ organisations as experts and advisors in all measures. Ethical guidelines for all employees of state services that explicitly prohibit the purchase of sex and the consumption of commercial pornography featuring real persons.
We sincerely hope that our hereby submitted input, based on experiences as affected women and our network's aim for recognition and necessary political action, will receive appropriate attention at the UN Human Rights Council.
© Netzwerk Ella – 2024
Titelbild: Ronja Wolf
Quellen:
[20] Netzwerk Ella: Forderungen des Netzwerks Ella (2020).
netzwerk-ella.de
