News from ICI
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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 the organization’s position as a multi-stakeholder leader in the fight against child labour in the cocoa sector. Mr Abou Camille, the President of Camaye Cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire, is a new individual Board member on the industry side whose appointment represents a symbolic landmark for the organization. “To have our beneficiaries represented so directly on our Board is a very important principle for ourRead more
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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
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How will the Covid-19 crisis affect children in cocoa-growing communities?17 April 2020A brief review of the effects of recent pandemics on children, April 2020 As in many parts of the world, governments in West Africa have closed schools, prohibited large gatherings, introduced curfewsRead more
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Covid-19: ICI's response to protect cocoa communities and staff27 March 2020This updates our position published March 23rd. ICI is active in over 230 cocoa-growing communities in Ghana, the Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroun. While these countries are not yet as severely impacted byRead more
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GIZ and ICI announce a new partnership to combat child labour11 March 2020The German development agency GIZ and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) will be working together to scale up " Risk-based Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems" over the next 18Read more
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Family-focused change: The ICI way of child protection5 March 2020"I used to finance my children’s education with loans from a micro finance in Dwinase. These were repaid by selling the produce from my vegetable farm until I finished paying it all, including the interest.”Read more
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Exploring the impact of collaboration on a cocoa community in Ghana29 February 2020The need for a multi-stakeholder approach in the fight against child labour, especially in the cocoa sector, cannot be overemphasized as a result of the cross-cutting issues associated with childRead more