Bielefeld “I’m not just a sex worker, but also a musician, and to me my whole income breaks away,” said “Madame Kali”. “I’m still a couple of weeks, but after that, I don’t know how it goes.” The prostitute from Bielefeld may not have been working for around two weeks. One of the measures to contain the Coronavirus is, that brothels need to be closed.
Around 90 percent of their colleagues to be as self-employed. “Most of the whores want to be flexible and work self-divided”, as “Madame Kali”. As a small entrepreneur it is difficult to cover money.
So, it looks also to the professional organisation for erotic and sexual services. “We understand the current prohibition of Prostitution, and find it correct. But some women live only from Hand to mouth, could make no reserves,“ says Johanna Weber from the Board of Directors. “It falls to you now in the back. These are often women who would be if you would not make sex work a social event.“ These women would also not have the previous-help measures taken by the government for the benefit of the.
In the adult night club Pasha in Cologne stay is currently around 15 women from the other European countries photo: Oliver Berg / dpa
As the Federal Statistical office in the last November had reported, were in North Rhine-Westphalia by the end of 2018, approximately 9300 prostitutes the prostitutes protection law, officially logged in. In addition, there was, therefore, 209 reported prostitution industry in NRW.
the consequences of The Corona-measures, however, the counselling centres for sex workers facing challenges. “There are so many women that come to us,” says the head of the consultancy centre “Madonna” in Bochum, Germany, Heike Köttner. At the toughest women are affected, which do not have their own apartment. Often, the sex workers are from Bulgaria or Romania and be able to because of the closed borders are not back in their home countries. “Some are taken out by colleagues or clients and are allowed to live there”, so Köttner. “But only briefly and quickly leads to conflict.”
Also in the professional Association of sex workers would report to their colleagues, who now have no apartment. A first measure to solve the problem now, however. “The Ministry has a nationwide brought a decree, after which time the prohibition Night will be set in brothels provisionally in force,” says Board member Weber. “This is a very great relief.” This option is, for example, in the Cologne brothel “Pascha”. According to the erotic night clubs about 15 women from European countries staying there currently.
Many sex workers-catering for the family are abroad. “For us, it is often said that the family is collapsing in the home well”, so Heike Köttner of the Bochum-based counseling center. You wish that there is financial aid available for the women. Regardless of their origin.
