News from ICI
- Risk of forced labour in cocoa present in both Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire: 2018 global slavery index20 July 2018The Walk Free Foundation, an Australian organisation dedicated to ending contemporary slavery and human trafficking, issued the 2018 version of their “ Global Slavery Index” on 19 July 2018. The index provides a country by country ranking of the number of people in modern slavery, as well as an analysis of the actions governments are taking to respond, and the factors that make people vulnerable. This year, the Global Slavery Index featured a chapter on forced labour related to cocoa in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. In partnership with Tulane University and with funding from the Dutch chocolateRead more
- A look into the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS)17 July 2018As part of ICI’s six year strategic plan from 2015 to 2020, with the overarching goal of improving the lives of children and reducing child labour in cocoa-growing communities, ICI desires toRead more
- Apprenticeships for youth: "I want to be a productive adult in the future"15 July 2018One of the challenges of programmes designed to tackle child labour is covering children from fifteen years to seventeen years. These children, because they are at the age to be legally employed areRead more
- Lack of education is at the root of youth issues in cocoa-growing communities15 July 2018In many places around the world, youth are presented with an array of exciting and valuable opportunities as they transition from childhood to adulthood. They might begin post-secondary educationRead more
- ICI and partners participate in ‘Cocoa, an unsavoury sweet?’ Workshop9 July 2018ICI participated in a workshop that was organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) in March. This was a one-day workshop namedRead more
- Working with ABOCFA to eliminate child labour6 July 2018Isaac Vifa,ICI Field Associate and Steven Ashia, ABOCFA Manager Tackling child labour in cocoa is a joint effort. The social dynamics involved push for the adaption of a multi-stakeholder approach toRead more
- Impact of winning the children's forum trophy on our school27 June 2018Preparation towards the forum A small community with a population of 845 people, Mpaem was not counted among the communities who could win the trophy for the AU Day of the African Child in AsikasuRead more