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This study examines two cocoa supply chains in Ecuador and Uganda to assess whether cocoa is produced under gender-equitable conditions.

Our research and experience show that women can make programmes to tackle child labour more effective. This Learning into action brief summarizes practical action to improve the gender balance of staff in sustainability programmes.

This report presents the results from qualitative research on the motivation, perceptions, and experiences of female child labour monitoring agents in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. This study aims to answer the following questions: Why are women more effective than men at identifying child labour cases? What special qualities do they bring to the job? What benefits do women get from doing this job? Why are there so few females doing this job, and what can be done to recruit and retain more female monitors? The study also contains recommendations on a set of measures which have been piloted

This report, carried out by Oxfam, examines gender in cocoa production in cocoa-growing regions of Ghana. Through focus groups, interviews, and household surveys in the Bia East and Atwima Mponua Districts, the researchers conclude that women contribute substantially to cocoa production yet are often on the margins of the supply chain.

ICI commissioned this evaluation in January 2019. It examines progress made since 2015 and aims to answer the question: to what extent are cocoa-growing communities more protective of children and their rights?