Children have a right to be protected from predictable and preventable harms, yet tens of millions of people live with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a condition governments already have the tools to prevent.
In her column for International FASD Awareness Day, Movendi International President Kristina Sperkova explains why FASD is one of the clearest examples of the social dimension of alcohol harm, and why protecting children from it is a human rights issue that belongs on every government’s agenda.
She also exposes how the alcohol industry blocks the protection of children by manufacturing doubt, derailing proven policy measures, and delaying warning labels. And Kristina outlines a number of actions governments should take to keep their promise to every child.
