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Two core activities of a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) are to raise awareness amongst farming families on harm resulting from child labour; and to identify children in, or at risk of child labour through an active monitoring process. The agents who implement these activities are the primary point of contact between farmers, their children and the CLMRS. Many systems rely on locally based agents, often farmers themselves, to do this job. This study aimed to better understand the dynamics of interactions between CLMRS agents and farmers when they have a personal

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 successfully in two cooperatives

ICI’s learning agenda is a set of questions to guide ICI's research and learning activities to fill identified knowledge gaps in relation to child labour and forced labour in the cocoa sector. The learning agenda is collectively defined and prioritised, based on input from ICI's members and partners. It sets out our vision for the collective learning process over the next strategic period and will reviewed on an annual basis. This version of the learning agenda was last updated in November 2022.

Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) are used to identify children who are in child labour, at risk of child labour or suffering other violations of their rights. Once identified, the next step is to provide tailored support. This operational tool developed by ICI has been created to : Help prioritise which children should receive support Identify the type of support to be provided. The tool consists of simple logic diagrams that guide decision-making and help plan prevention and remediation activities. It can be used to : To guide system set-up and implementation, by

This report documents results and learning from a pilot project to set up Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems in 24 communities in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. With the aim of increasing cost-effectiveness and sustainability of these systems and increasing the participation of national services in their implementation, the pilot tested two adaptations: The pilot used trained and remunerated community committees to conduct awareness-raising and follow-up visits The pilot aimed to provide support by referring child labour cases to national services Results show that paid community