News from ICI
- ICI and cocoa sector stakeholders meet to define priorities for child labour elimination9 September 2019Under the auspices of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), UNICEF, ILO, cocoa industry companies and other key government ministries and partners met on 2nd and 3rd September to define priorities that will intensify efforts, consolidate achievements and accelerate the pace of progress on child welfare issues in Ghana’s cocoa sector. This workshop took place at the conference room of the Alisa Hotel in Accra. Under the leadership of the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Honorable IgnatiusRead more
- Back to school 2019-2020: The children of Duquesne Cremone have a brand new school, well equipped and electrified3 September 2019The 2019-2020 school year begins well for the children of Duquesne Cremone, a cocoa community located at 10 Km from Adzopé in Côte d'Ivoire. They just got the keys to their refurbished school and school kits.Read more
- Cocoa farming: Reforming the sector to improve the living and working conditions of producers28 August 2019Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and their families have been living in precarious conditions for decades. This is despite the importance of their work to socio-economic development of theseRead more
- Joseph: the Child Protection Champion23 August 2019Joseph Mensah is a forty-three-year-old cocoa farmer in the Eastern region. He is a member of ABOCFA, an organic cocoa producing cooperative. He was selected as an ambassador for education by Tony’sRead more
- ABOCFA farmers take initiative to enforce child protection in their communities3 August 2019The members of ABOCFA, the organic cocoa farmers’ cooperative working with Tony’s Chocolonely and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to eliminate child labour from their farms, have come outRead more
- Commémoration de la lutte contre le travail des enfants : L'imagination des enfants mise en exergue25 July 2019"Si nous faisons travailler l'imagination des enfants, ceux-ci réussiront des choses inimaginables, une fois devenus adultes". Tel sont les propos tenus par l'honorable Babo Kesse Christelle, (représentante du parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire), à l’occasion de la commémoration de la journée mondiale de lutte contre le travail qui s’est tenue, le 24 juillet dernier, à Abidjan en présence de nombreux acteurs qui luttent contre le travail des enfants et aussi des enfants de l'Ong " Art monde" qui ont fait montre de leur talent d'artiste .Read more
- The Netherlands Passes Historic Child Labour Due Diligence Bill29 June 2019After almost three years of introduction into the Dutch Parliament, the Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid or the Child Labour Due Diligence Bill was passed by the Dutch Senate earlier last week. NetherlandsRead more