News from ICI
- Five ways income generating activities can benefit cocoa communities21 January 2021Supporting the development of Income Generating Activities (IGAs), which provide different and additional ways to earn money, is one way to support cocoa communities. When used as part of a wider package of interventions they can help to boost farmer resilience, empower women, and increase child protection.Read more
- 2021: The year to scale up the fight against child labour in cocoa18 January 20212021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. At the International Cocoa Initiative, we have over 13 years of experience tackling the issue with our partners.Read more
- What works to tackle child labour?18 January 2021There are an estimated 1.56 million children in child labour in the cocoa sector in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana, that’s 50% of children living in cocoa-growing households.Read more
- ICI’s community development programme reduces child labour prevalence and its severity11 January 2021The International Cocoa Initiative’s four-year Community Development Programme sought to empower 75 cocoa-growing communities to tackle child labour.Read more
- ICI 2020 recap: Top news, publications and videos17 December 2020As the year comes to a close take a look at the International Cocoa Initiative’s top stories, publications and most viewed videos. ICI’s top news ICI calls for massive expansion of effort in the fightRead more
- Five benefits community service groups can bring to farming communities7 December 2020One way to support cocoa farming communities and tackle child labour is by training and equipping community service groups. These groups can assist farmers and entire communities, while alsoRead more
- ICI partners with CLU and GJA to mainstream child labour and forced labour issues into the ongoing national discource23 November 2020The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has partnered with the Child Labour Unit (CLU), under the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations , and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) toRead more