News from ICI
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Despite signs of progress, much more needs to be done to protect children in West African cocoa30 July 2015There are encouraging signs of progress in tackling child labour in cocoa growing but the problem remains vast, and more needs to be done to protect vulnerable children in cocoa-growing communities, according to the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI). A report just released by the University of Tulane, commissioned by the US Department of Labour, estimates that there are more than 2.1 million child labourers in cocoa-growing across Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. This represents a 21% increase in the absolute number of child labourers in cocoa, and a 15.5% increase in the prevalence of cocoaRead more
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Cote d’Ivoire: Compulsory education for ages 6 to 1616 July 2015Schooling for children between 6 and 16 years of age is to become compulsory in Côte d’Ivoire, as the Ivorian government declared mid-July. This new rule will be applied with the start of the newRead more
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ICI training kit gets stamp of approval by national authorities7 July 2015The government of Ghana has recently endorsed the International Cocoa Initiative’s comprehensive training and awareness raising materials aimed at the elimination of the Worst Forms of Child LabourRead more
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ICI: Putting children and their education first12 June 2015Working in 151 cocoa-growing communities over the past year, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) reached 250,000 people in 2014, 100 000 of whom were children. As a direct result of ICI’sRead more
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New ICI logo: Welcome to our new world!11 May 2015"We have a great, fresh new logo, and we love it. Both in the process by which we decided upon it, and in its visual depictions, it sums ICI up brilliantly." Nick Weatherill, ICI's Executive DirectorRead more
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ICI in the cocoa barometer 20159 March 2015The 2015 Cocoa Barometer, launched on March 6th by the VOICE consortium of European Civil Society Organisations advocating for a sustainable cocoa economy, is a welcome and well-researched review ofRead more
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A supply chain 100% free of child labour should be the goal of every business: ICI19 January 2015The International Cocoa Initiative took part in a recent live chat of The Guardian about the role of businesses on tackling child labour. The panel of experts included representatives from AntiRead more