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Mars Wrigley launches protecting children action plan

29 October 2020

Mars Wrigley, a partner, and board member of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), has released its 2020 Cocoa for Generations report which includes a Protecting Children Action Plan, detailing

ICI develops model to predict child labour risk at the household level

27 October 2020

According to the most recent estimates from the NORC Report on child labour in cocoa there are 1.56 million children in child labour in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. This underlines the need to scale up

No silver bullets: Closing the $10 billion income gap in cocoa calls for cross-sector action

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

Pokua's story: How pepper farming led to new income opportunities and increased child protection

17 October 2020

In 2017, a group of women from Pakyi, a cocoa-growing community in Ghana, were supported by the International Cocoa Initiative’s Community Development Programme to start pepper farms to raise additional income and support the protection of their children.

Pokua’s story: how pepper farming led to new opportunities and increased child protection

16 October 2020

Pokua is a cocoa farmer from Ghana. Her family struggled to pay their children’s education bills. So the International Cocoa Initiative supported her

Fair Labor Association evaluates Nestlé’s CLMRS in Côte d’Ivoire

The Fair Labor Association has released a social impact assessment of Nestlé’s Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems in Côte d’Ivoire, implemented with the International Cocoa Initiative

A better life for Birago under the ICI Apprenticeship programme

In 2017, older children from cocoa-growing communities were supported by the International Cocoa Initiative through apprenticeships as part of its Community Development Programme . These teenagers

GAWU receives human rights award

The General Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana (GAWU), a partner of the International Cocoa Initiative, has recently been awarded a Labor Rights Defenders Award by the International Labor Rights

Cocoawise: Cargill launches digital tool to increase transparency and accountability in cocoa supply chain

Cargill, an ICI partner and board member, has launched a new tool, CocoaWise, that aims to increase transparency and accountability in its cocoa supply chain. CocoaWise is a digital platform that