Special Alcohol Issues Newsletter for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days of Activism
Preventing violence against women and girls requires confronting the commercial drivers that fuel it. Alcohol and the alcohol industry is one of the most powerful – yet systematically overlooked – drivers of gendered violence. This special edition of the Alcohol Issues Newsletter brings together Movendi International’s newest evidence, analysis, and advocacy tools to support a global shift toward effective prevention rooted in women’s health and rights, justice, and safety.
This curated collection includes our event report, flagship analysis, landmark research, podcasts, and essential resources for advocates and policymakers.
Virtual Event Spotlight
Confronting Alcohol’s Role in Gendered Violence: Global Evidence, Lived Experience, and Solutions
Event Report with Key Quotes and Insights
New from our November 25 online event: leaders from WHO Europe, Uganda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Movendi International shine a light on how alcohol intensifies violence against women and girls, why this remains politically neglected, and how evidence-based alcohol policy can prevent harm.
Read how technical experts and community leaders are shifting the narrative and advancing real solutions.
Flagship Analysis
Alcohol and Gendered Violence: Integrating Alcohol Policy Into Strategies to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Promote Women’s Rights
A Movendi International Flagship Analysis for integrating alcohol policy into strategies to eliminate violence against women and promote women’s health and rights.
A must-read for advocates and policymakers working across public health, gender equality, and human rights.
Landmark Report
“The Changing Landscape of Women and Alcohol Harm. A Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight”
This comprehensive and state of the art overview exposes the hidden toll of the products and practices of alcohol companies on women’s health, rights, and well-being – from rising cases of alcohol-related cancers, to the role alcohol plays in intimate partner violence.
This report uncovers the deliberate targeting of women by the alcohol industry and the growing normalization of alcohol consumption in professional, social, and digital spaces.
And this report also addresses the feminist paradox – why some women’s rights movements have distanced themselves from alcohol policy initiatives, despite the devastating impact the products and practices of alcohol companies have had and are increasingly having on women and girls globally.
Essential data and analysis for feminist movements, women’s health and rights advocates, alcohol policy advocates, policymakers, and journalists.
Thematic Podcast Episodes
Understanding Alcohol Harm as a Feminist Issue
This episode explores why alcohol harm is a core feminist concern, how commercial actors exacerbate inequalities, and what evidence-based action looks like.
Keeping Women Safe from Violence Fueled by Alcohol: Making the Case for Action
A focused discussion on alcohol as a driver of gendered violence, public health solutions, and the importance of policy-level change for women’s rights.
Resource Hub
Alcohol Harm Among Women: A Comprehensive Knowledge Base
All Movendi resources on women, inequality, alcohol harm, and gendered impacts – including data, storytelling, analysis, and policy tools.
Your one-stop platform for evidence and advocacy materials.
Big Alcohol Exposed
How the Alcohol Industry Targets Women
A critical exposé of how alcohol corporations strategically target women and girls through marketing, product design, and gendered messaging – while externalizing harm and undermining policy.
Essential context for understanding the commercial determinants of women’s health and safety.
The Call From Communities and Survivors Is Clear
Ending violence against women requires more than awareness. It demands confronting the commercial forces that fuel harm and advancing policies that put women’s health and rights, safety, and equality first.
The evidence is clear, and the voices of communities, survivors, and women and girls with lived and living experience are unmistakable: alcohol intensifies violence, deepens inequality, and obstructs freedom and safety. The tools to prevent this harm are available and proven. What matters now is collective action.