IRGGA Annual Reports

In 1993, Sharon and Richard Wilsnack hosted a meeting regarding research on gender and alcohol, as part of an annual international alcohol epidemiology symposium held in Krakow, Poland. At that meeting, 13 alcohol researchers from nine countries organized the International Research Group on Gender and Alcohol (IRGGA).

During its early years, IRGGA members conducted and published cross-national comparative analyses of women's and men's drinking, based on existing survey data sets. IRGGA members designed a major international study that gathered new data on women's and men's drinking in numerous countries. This study – named GENACIS (Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: An International Study) – now includes surveys in more than 30 countries.

• 2006: Maastricht, Netherlands
• 2005: Riverside, Calif.
• 2004: Helsinki, Finland
• 2003: Krakow, Poland
• 2002: Paris, France
• 2001: Toronto, Ontario
• 2000: Oslo, Norway
• 1999: Montreal, Quebec
• 1998: Florence, Italy
• 1997: Reykjavik, Iceland
• 1996: Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1995: Porto, Portugal
• 1994: Ruschlikon, Switzerland
• 1993: Krakow, Poland