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This online course gives an overview on the complexity of child labour in the cocoa industry and raises awareness on the importance and urgency of the issue. It will provide foundational knowledge to increase understanding, exploring what is and what is not child labour. The eLearning course gives an overview on the complexity of child labour in the cocoa industry. It will provide foundational knowledge to increase understanding, exploring what is and what is not child labour in the context of Ghana.The course will also look at the causes and consequences of child labour, as well as the risks

In this paper, authors evaluate two randomised livelihood intervention programs, aimed to reduce child labour, particularly in its most exploitative forms, in rural areas of Peru. The authors evaluate a livelihood intervention provided to farmers in Peru who use the labour of their children on their family farms, accompanied by an education intervention aimed at improving the quality of schools and an awareness-raising intervention.

Cette note d'information explique comment les exigences de la norme régionale africaine sur le cacao durable concernant le travail des enfants et le travail forcé s'alignent sur la directive européenne sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises en matière de durabilité. Il donne un aperçu des actions pratiques que les entreprises peuvent mettre en œuvre pour aider les coopératives à respecter les exigences de l'ARS 1000-1.

Le Cadre d'action 2024-2029 a été developpé par le Groupe de coordination sur le travail des enfants dans le cacao (CLCCG), dont les membres comprennent l'industrie du cacao et du chocolat représentée par la World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), les gouvernements du Ghana et de la Côte d'Ivoire, et le Département du travail des Etats-Unis.

Data from children suggest that the prevalence of child labour in the cocoa industry in Côte d’Ivoire is a worrying 38%. However, while surveying children has the potential to reduce sensitivity biases such as social desirability bias, it presents significant ethical dilemmas and may also be associated with other reporting biases, making accurate estimates of child labour difficult. To address this, this study collected data from 1741 cocoa producers to assess whether parents could provide more accurate estimates using indirect survey methods. Authors compared direct questioning with a list