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This ICI study explores the relationship between child labour, school attendance and child well-being among children in cocoa-growing households in Côte d’Ivoire. This study investigates whether, in the context of smallholder farming in cocoa-growing areas of West-Africa, children’s psychological wellbeing (a proxy for the child’s physical and mental health) and access to school are linked with the intensity of exposure to child work, one of the several determinants of severity of child work. We use data from a survey of 2,274 children in 5 cooperatives in the regions of Gbôklé, Nawa and San

On September 14th 2022, the European Commission presented its proposal for a EU Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. References to such a proposal were included in the EU Communication on Decent Work Worldwide as well as the EU Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, both announced on February 23rd 2022. The proposal for a ban on goods produced with forced labour builds on the recommendations made by stakeholders as part of the call for evidence launched by the European Commission between May and June 20th 2022

The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Forced Marriage, produced by ILO, Walk Free and IOM, provides updated estimates of the total number of adults and children in modern slavery, forced labour and forced marriage worldwide, as well as disaggregated figures by region and by sector of employment. See the full report here.

The brief highlights the interlinkages between child labour and human development and describes how ending economic deprivations, universalizing school education, expanding the coverage and improve the adequacy of social protection systems, and ensuring private sector engagement in protecting child rights can effectively eliminate child labour and promote inclusive growth and development. Evidence-informed, multi-sectoral, scalable solutions are presented that can ensure children are protected from economic exploitation and end the perpetuation of long-term cumulative deprivation. The brief

The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Forced Marriage, produced by ILO, Walk Free and IOM, provides updated estimates of the total number of adults and children in modern slavery, forced labour and forced marriage worldwide, as well as disaggregated figures by region and by sector of employment. See ICI's summary of the report here.