News from ICI
- Advancing children’s rights across the full cocoa supply-chain: ICI launches new strategy to drive impact at scale3 September 2020Today, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) launches its new strategy, laying out a vision to support cocoa communities to thrive through the advancement of children’s and workers’ rights. ICI’s new approach aims to catalyse the scale-up of prevention and remediation systems to reach all children and adults at risk of child or forced labour. ICI is calling for a massive expansion of effort from all actors in the cocoa sector to achieve this. The challenge facing the cocoa sector is great. Estimates suggest that around one in three children living in cocoa-growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire andRead more
- Apprenticeship gives Richard hope for the future15 July 2020As part of its Community Development Programme, the International Cocoa Initiative supported older children in cocoa-growing communities through apprenticeships. Teenagers like Richard Osei gained skills to help them in the future and reduce their risk of undertaking hazardous tasks on the cocoa farm. ICI caught up with Richard three years after his apprenticeship began to learn about his progress.Read more
- Five reasons nurturing youth skills is important for cocoa communities13 July 2020The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) works to ensure cocoa communities can thrive and protect their children from the hazards of child labour. Through community development and Child LabourRead more
- The role of cooperatives in the fight against child labour6 July 2020Farming cooperatives play an essential role in the organisation of cocoa supply chains and in the implementation of Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems. They can also improve traceabilityRead more
- Hazardous child labour in Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa communities during Covid-191 July 2020Update 12 October 2020 - Many precautionary restrictions that had to be imposed during the partial Covid-19 lockdown were lifted in June. Child labour monitoring under ICI’s CLMRS continued thereafterRead more
- The importance of awareness raising in cocoa-growing communities22 June 2020Raising awareness of the dangers of child labour and the importance of education is an important part of the International Cocoa Initiative’s work. Working with our partners, ICI uses a variety ofRead more
- ICI's 2019 annual report: Learning from impact, innovating to scale up12 June 2020To mark the World Day Against Child Labour, the International Cocoa Initiative launches its 2019 Annual Report. Showing progress from last year, but also examining the results of longer runningRead more