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From 2019 - 2021, International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), in partnership with the Ministry of Education of Côte d’Ivoire, implemented a pilot project in eight cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire to improve teaching, learning and school facilities for primary school children. The project reached more than 2,200 pupils in primary schools in 5 regions of Côte d’Ivoire. ICI focused on creating a learning environment where children feel safe and protected, guided by effective teachers and school leadership, and supported by their parents and the wider community. A bundle of interventions was

This report by ILO and UNICEF provides an overview of the latest research on social protection and child labour. Key messages: Providing families with direct assistance can help alleviate the stressors linked to poverty and vulnerability that underlie the use of child labour. Carefully designed, social protection systems can help reduce child labour as part of an integrated set of policy measures. Many countries have adopted and strengthened their social protection systems in recent years, but global coverage is still too low. Many social protection systems are not designed to cover children

This Fairtrade study compares two types of systems: Fairtrade International’s signature Youth-Inclusive Community-Based Monitoring and Remediation (YICBMR) system and Internal Control Systems (ICS) in four countries.

This report explores the activities and impact of the Transforming Education in Cocoa Communities in Côte d'Ivoire programme between 2016 and 2021.

This paper examines the link between school quality and child labour in cocoa agriculture, based on analysis of data from 2168 fifth-grade children from forty-one primary-schools in Côte d’Ivoire.