All dressed-up and nowhere to go – The importance of public space for youth and women
Alcohol is a major obstacle to sustainable urban development. This fact sheet explains how the pervasive presence of alcohol makes public spaces less safe, less inclusive, less enabling and less diverse. Especially youth and women are excluded from life happening in the public realm because of alcohol-induced risks.
The fact sheet provides evidence for which solutions are effective to foster change: Promoting safe, inclusive, enabling and diverse public spaces to help build healthy cities for sustainable development – through evidence-based alcohol policy measures.
Gender-based violence and alcohol: prevalence and economic impact
Alcohol is a major risk factor for gender-based violence, and its different forms. Up to 80% of gender-based violence can be alcohol-related. This fact sheet provides facts from countries around the world, addressing different types of alcohol-related violence against women and its prevalence, as well as its economic costs.
Alcohol harm in European children and young people
Young Europeans suffer disproportionately from alcohol harm. This fact compilation presents data on alcohol harm on societal level, in young European, and in children. It also present Europeans’ attitudes to alcohol policy and offers a list of prevention measures to better protect children, adolescents and youth in Europe.
The fact compilation has been put together by our European youth network Active.