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  • Tackling child labour and forced labour in Ghanaian cocoa and gold mining
    17 May 2022
    In some regions in the southern and middle belt of Ghana, cocoa farming and gold mining occur in the same communities. This means that efforts to tackle child labour and forced labour need to be
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  • Daloa and Soubré: Cargill equips 8 cocoa farming communities with quality school infrastructure
    12 May 2022
    Eight schools making a total of thirty-six classrooms built by Cargill and its partners Mars Wrigley and Hershey, and implemented by ICI, were officially opened from March 16 to 24, supporting
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  • HYBRID EVENT: Public and private sector collaboration: Integrated approaches to prevent and address child labour
    9 May 2022
    The 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour will be held from 15 - 20 May in Durban, South Africa. The conference, organized by the International Labour Organization and Alliance 8.7
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  • Gender equality and child well-being in cocoa-growing communities
    25 April 2022
    Listening, asking questions, and discussing sensitive topics in a safe environment is what regularly brings together members of the Assemanou community, 37km from Abengourou in Côte d’Ivoire. Over the
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  • Bridging classes in Guémon: ICI, TRECC and Nestlé support access to education in cocoa-growing communities
    24 January 2022
    Tobly Bangolo1 is a cocoa farming community located 15 km from Duékoué. At the start of the 2021-2022 school year, a group of students who had graduated from bridging classes (classes organized to
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  • Hydroponic farming in Ahondo - Nestlé trains 120 women
    14 October 2021
    Encouraging women’s empowerment and diversifying their income-generating activities is the motivation behind this innovative pilot project, set up by ICI and financed by Nestlé. The creation of the project, to promote the hydroponic cultivation of tomatoes, builds on the success and enthusiasm of a number of already existing women’s village savings and loans groups (VSLAs) and brings together 120 women from Ahondo (12km from Taabo) divided into groups of 30 women.
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  • Ferrero publishes its action plan for sustainable cocoa
    3 February 2022
    Ferrero, a member of the International Cocoa Initiative, has launched its Cocoa Charter and Cocoa Action Plan, which outline its commitments for a sustainable cocoa supply chain and its activities to
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  • Nestlé launches Income Accelerator Program for cocoa growing households
    28 January 2022
    Nestlé, a member of the International Cocoa Initiative, has launched its Income Accelerator Program, aiming to tackle child labour, increase household incomes and achieve full traceability in its
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  • Nestlé launches Human Rights Framework and Roadmap
    13 December 2021
    Nestlé, a member of the International Cocoa Initiative, has launched a Human Rights Framework and Roadmap, charting the company’s efforts to address issues such as child labour in its supply chains.
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  • ICI: A strong and resilient foundation on which to build a transformative future
    1 June 2021
    The launch of the International Cocoa Initiative’s 2020 Annual Report during the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour is a powerful moment to take stock of the lessons learned and
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  • The importance of women's empowerment in the fight against child labour
    8 March 2021
    The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has over 13 years of experience tackling child labour with our partners. During this time, we have learned a lot about what works to protect children and
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  • A mixed bag of sobering reminders, lower estimates and some signs of progress from the 2018/2019 NORC report on child labour in cocoa
    19 October 2020
    According to the latest US-funded research study to “assess progress in reducing child labour in cocoa production” approximately 1.56m children are currently involved in child labour in the cocoa
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Gender equality and child well-being in cocoa-growing communities
25 April 2022
Listening, asking questions, and discussing sensitive topics in a safe environment is what regularly brings together members of the Assemanou community, 37km from Abengourou in Côte d’Ivoire. Over the last year, Nestlé and ICI, supported by the World Cocoa Foundation and USAID’s Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Initiative, have been organizing dialogue sessions for couples to explore topics related to gender equality in Assemanou and other cocoa-growing communities, within the framework of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs). VSLAs have been used for several years to increase the
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The challenge of child labour and chocolate (animation)
16 November 2021
What is child labour? What is the difference between child labour and forced labour? What is being done to tackle it? In this short video, by the International Cocoa Initiative and the World Cocoa Foundation, discover answers to these questions and more. Find out more about child labour in cocoa
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ICI's Community Development Approach explained
27 September 2021
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27 September 2021
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      • Annual Report 2020
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        • Finance Manager
        • Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System
        • Project Manager - Livelihood and Training Support
        • Repost: Communications Officer - Digital Content Manager
      • Consultancies
        • Constructive 360 feedback training / workshop for leadership team
      • Call for Tenders
        • Acquisition de fourniture et installation d'équipements scolaires
        • Acquisition de kits scolaires
        • Acquisition de sacs scolaires
        • INVITATION FOR TECHNICAL BID AND PRICE QUOTATION
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    • Child labour in cocoa
    • Forced labour in cocoa
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      • Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems
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    • Innovation and learning
    • Policies, practices and standards
      • Human rights due diligence in the cocoa supply chain
    • Highlighted Projects
      • Strengthening the resilience of cocoa-growing communities
      • Tackling child and forced labour in Ghanaian cocoa and gold mining
      • Responsible management of child labour risks in Côte d'Ivoire’s cocoa sector
      • Developing a toolkit to identify and address forced labour in cocoa
      • Targeted income support to reduce child labour
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