I want alcohol companies to stop trying to convince me and other mums that drinking is the answer to the pressures that we face, writes Caterina Giorgi.
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On Women's Agenda, Caterina Giorgi, CEO of FARE, discusses the need for governments to introduce common sense measures to make sure alcohol companies can’t exploit the increased mental & caring load women carry, as a marketing tactic.

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CAPRAustralia continuing to find a fifth of Australians affected by drinking of someone they know. Women, young people and regional Australia more affected FARE Alcohol and Drug Foundation ACEM President Turning Point VAADA AIFS Dr Ingrid Wilson ARGdotORG La Trobe University

'Politicians now have to decide whose voices they choose to hear – the alcohol corporations profiting from the problem, or the women & children who just want a safe place to call home' - family violence survivor-advocate Kym Valentine.

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Thanks to Kym Valentine for calling out Australia's outdated liquor licensing laws that are completely inadequate for the digital age. Alcohol's role in death, suicide, injury and family violence continues to rise unabated. The time to act is now.

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“To hear Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin say that alcohol is “undeniably a factor” in these crimes, and that it can lead to more serious violence, was a huge relief for those of us who have lived through that reality” smh.com.au/national/too-o…

'Companies are cynically commodifying the guilt, stress and exhaustion many women feel with pressures of modern life, by selling alcohol as the cure.'

FARE CEO Caterina Giorgi on how alcohol companies bombard mums with ads ahead of Mother's Day. Women's Agenda womensagenda.com.au/life/womens-he…

Great piece from Caterina Giorgi FARE

‘The lack of controls on data use for the predatory and targeted marketing of addictive products is quite frankly frightening, and we’re already seeing the real life impacts.’
True for Australia & true for Irl

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‘Here’s to the Wine Mums’: We need to talk about alcohol marketing and Mother’s Day womensagenda.com.au/life/womens-he…