News from ICI
- Child protection in the Nawa region: Actors in the fight against child labour join forces5 April 2024A workshop organised to better coordinate the efforts of governmental and non-governmental actors in the fight against child labour in the Nawa region of Côte d’Ivoire was held on 3 April in Soubré Initiated by the Nawa region’s Prefecture, all local stakeholders actively participated and were engaged in tackling this issue. Stakeholders included regional directorates for women, families, and children; social protection; education and literacy; the Soubré childcare centre; civil society; cooperatives; and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), which provided technical and financial supportRead more
- ICI empowers Ghana's Minerals Commission to combat child labour and forced labour3 April 2024The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) organised a 3-day training workshop for selected staff of the Minerals Commission of Ghana as part of the project, “Tackling Child and Forced Labour inRead more
- Working together to tackle child labour in Ghana – new collaborative projects launched25 March 2024On Wednesday, the Government of Ghana together with International Cocoa Initiative, (ICI) International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and Japan InternationalRead more
- Lindt & Sprüngli joins ICI12 March 2024Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli will join ICI as of April 1, 2024, with a view to exchanging best practice and learning with the organisation and its members in order to further strengthen itsRead more
- Investing in women to tackle child labour4 March 2024Investing in women is key to accelerating progress in the fight against child labour in cocoa-growing communities in West Africa. Women’s empowerment helps address some of the root causes of childRead more
- ICI helps raise awareness for the Government’s “Helpline of Hope” call centre19 February 2024ICI in collaboration with the Social Protection Directorate of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) early February launched awareness-raising campaigns in four districtsRead more
- Investing in children’s education in cocoa-growing communities24 January 2024Education plays an essential role in tackling child labour, with research indicating that communities with improved access to quality education experience lower rates of child labour. This is why theRead more