News from ICI
- Can cash transfers reduce child labour? ICI review unpacks their effects4 May 2020Cash transfers are increasingly used as a way of addressing poverty across the world. Evidence shows that they can have a positive impact on children’s welfare, improving access to education, nutrition, health and material wellbeing. However, much less is known about their impact on child labour. The International Cocoa Initiative conducted a review of evidence on how cash transfers affect child labour to fill this gap. This research follows a recent study released by ICI on how changes in household income affect child labour. ICI reviewed the impacts of 21 cash transfer programmes across AsiaRead more
- ICI publishes awareness-raising materials to support fight against child labour30 April 2020During a time of global crisis that is increasing the risk of child labour in West Africa and beyond, the International Cocoa Initiative has published a collection of awareness-raising tools designedRead more
- Cocoa production : How the Pelle Bongo helps make farmers safer in Côte d’Ivoire28 April 2020Jonas Assi Yapi, a cocoa farmer and member of a cooperative in Hershey’s supply chain, received Pelle Bongos as part of the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) to facilitate his work. “I grow a good crop. I am a member of the COOPAF cooperative. That’s why they gave me Pelle Bongos.”Read more
- Aframoase benefits from awareness raising on child labour27 April 2020One of the biggest challenges for teachers working in the Aframoase community, in the Ashanti region of Ghana, is the involvement of children in cocoa and rice farming activities, even during schoolRead more
- Five ways innovation can tackle child labour21 April 2020The problems faced by the world today need out of the box thinking. Child labour is no exception. At the International Cocoa Initiative, we know the power of innovation; that’s why we’re constantlyRead more
- Farmer cooperative representative and human rights leader join ICI Board21 April 2020New experts joining the ICI Board, including the President of a cocoa farming cooperative and a representative from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will strengthen theRead more
- How do income changes affect child labour? ICI reviews the evidence20 April 2020The International Cocoa Initiative reviewed evidence on how changes in household income impact child labour, with support from the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa. The analysis of 50 studiesRead more