Linke on equality and diversity

The Left wants to draw up a legal framework that decriminalizes and regulates sex work. According to the platform, the aim is to protect the safety, health, and rights of sex workers.

The Left wants new rules for sex work. Sex work should not be a crime. People in this job should be able to work safely and stay healthy. There should be special counseling for them.

The plan includes specialized counseling and health services that also help with further vocational training. To protect minors from sexual exploitation, the FairLove project is to get more money and staff. The platform describes it as the only point of contact on this issue.

The Left wants to create more places in women's shelters and secure long-term funding for support services dealing with domestic and sexual violence. The Istanbul Convention is to be fully implemented and femicides prevented through early intervention.

The Left wants more places in women's shelters. Women find protection from violence there. The platform says Hamburg is short about 200 places. Police and courts should get training. Queer people should also be better protected from violence.

According to the platform, Hamburg lacks about 200 shelter places. Survivors are to find housing through dedicated housing projects and fixed quotas at municipal housing companies such as SAGA. Against femicides, the Left plans identification of high-risk cases, mandatory training for police and judiciary, and citywide monitoring of completed and attempted killings. Work with perpetrators is to be expanded and a campaign against male violence launched. For LGBTIQ* people, the platform calls for mandatory training and better recording of hate crime; a survivors' advisory board would advise the city.

The Left wants a statutory quota for political offices and bodies so that all genders are equally represented. It also wants a state anti-discrimination law and a dedicated state office to handle complaints.

The Left wants a quota for political offices. All genders should be equally represented there. Hamburg should get a law against discrimination. A new office should advise and represent people affected.

The state anti-discrimination office would act as an equality and complaints body, advise and represent those affected, and support lawsuits brought by associations. A coordinator post in the city government is also planned to reduce and prevent discrimination. On the broadcasting council of NDR, the Left demands a seat for LGBTIQ* self-representation. A queer family center is to be funded, as are dedicated counseling services for trans people, including legal advice.

The Left wants to remove abortion from the criminal code and regulate it as a normal medical service. Mandatory counseling and the three-day waiting period would be dropped, and health insurers would cover the costs.

Abortion should no longer be a crime. It should become a normal medical treatment. Women should be able to get counseling but not be forced to. The three-day waiting period should end. Health insurance should pay.

The counseling requirement would be replaced by a right to counseling, accompanied by citywide information campaigns. All suitable hospitals would be required to offer abortions so that access is ensured everywhere. Training on the subject would be mandatory for medical staff. The platform stresses trust in the decisions of people with unwanted pregnancies.