Ancestors talk

This Inaugural Indigenous Pre-conference Event was held in conjunction with the Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7 April 2026.

Indigenous peoples worldwide experience significant and intergenerational alcohol-related harm and inequity. At both local and global policy levels, this unacceptable state of affairs generally remains poorly understood, with Indigenous-led efforts to control alcohol use and effects in their communities largely thwarted or diminished by commercial interests and inadequate government responses.

Since 2023, the GAPA has been actively pursuing opportunities to increase Indigenous participation and presence at the Global Alcohol Policy Conferences (GAPC) and to support Indigenous-led aspirations on preventing and reducing alcohol harm in the global policy space.

Read the report from the event: