The ladies discuss the World Health Organization’s (WHO) draft global alcohol action plan for 2022–2030, which suggests that women of childbearing age should be prevented from drinking alcohol and that people should be protected from the pressure to drink, and ask whether critics are right to call the guidance sexist and paternalistic. Featuring guest host, Anissa.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 

https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es085

(Website – Show notes)

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/whos-alcohol-advice-women-childbearing

(Article – The WHO just suggested that women of child-bearing age should avoid alcohol altogether – Annabelle Spranklen for Glamour)

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/alcohol/action-plan-on-alcohol_first-draft-final_formatted.pdf?sfvrsn=b690edb0_1&download=true

(PDF – Global action plan on alcohol: 1st draft – World Health Organization)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/912948/drink-drive-final-estimates-2018.pdf

(Statistical Release – Reported road casualties in Great Britain: final estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2018 – Department for Transport)

https://www.stylist.co.uk/visible-women/law-lawyer-feminism-today-history-gender-pay-gap-abortion-equality/188525

(Article – We can’t believe these shockingly sexit laws existed in the UK? – Sarah Biddlecombe for Stylist)

https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/drinking-alcohol-while-pregnant/

(Website – Drinking alcohol while pregnant – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/trying-for-a-baby/trying-to-get-pregnant/

(Website – Trying to get pregnant – NHS)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/23/no-healthy-level-of-alcohol-consumption-says-major-study

(Article – No healthy level of alcohol consumption, says major study – Sarah Boseley for The Guardian)

https://onlinedoctor.lloydspharmacy.com/uk/contraception/can-you-get-pregnant-right-after-stopping-the-pill

(Website – Getting pregnant after taking the pill – Dr Sameer Sanghvi for Lloyds Pharmacy Online Doctor) 

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