Globally, up to one in three women who live with a male partner report he is a heavy drinker. Evidence shows men's drinking increases the severity and frequency of violence towards women and harms to children .

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Yet in Australia and worldwide, most policies to address gender violence still fail to consider the significant role alcohol plays.

Our new research , published last week, reviewed and analysed the evidence in three major international reviews about men's drinking.

We wanted to understand the range of impacts that men's heavy drinking has on women and children worldwi

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