Violence against women

A conversation with Etta Hallenga, Autonomous Women's Counseling Center Düsseldorf e.V.

November 27 2025
NRW-Forum

Foto Etta Hallenga

Please note: The event will be held in German!

A conversation about female desire, the difficulty of finding the right words to express one's own needs, the question “What is actually normal?” and sexuality as an abuse of power.

Etta Hallenga has been working at the women's counseling center in Düsseldorf since 1992 in the specialist department “against sexualized violence.” She is a certified social pedagogue, psychosocial process facilitator, WenDo trainer, child and adolescent psychotherapist, alternative practitioner of psychotherapy (HP), trauma-centered specialist educator, spokesperson for the Landesverband autonomer Frauen-Notrufe NRW e.V. (State Association of Autonomous Women's Emergency Hotlines in North Rhine-Westphalia) and long-time association council member and co-founder of the Bundesverband Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe (bff).

The SEX NOW exhibition is open to visitors aged 18 and over only. It displays artistic works with explicit sexual content.

Duration: 60 minutes

Price: free of charge

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