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Earlier this year the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) analysed data from 263 communities in Côte d’Ivoire to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child labour. In these communities, 1,443 cocoa-growing households were visited under ICI’s Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) between 17 March and 15 May 2020 to identify cases of child labour.

This report, carried out by Oxfam, examines gender in cocoa production in cocoa-growing regions of Ghana. Through focus groups, interviews, and household surveys in the Bia East and Atwima Mponua Districts, the researchers conclude that women contribute substantially to cocoa production yet are often on the margins of the supply chain.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has developed a toolkit to support the agribusiness sector and members of the Global Agribusiness Alliance (GAA) align on and improve human rights policy and practice. The GAA has a mandate to strengthen sustainable landscapes and livelihoods to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Created by human rights experts and agribusiness leaders, the toolkit explores the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) through the lens of the agribusiness sector, focusing on common issues faced in the

The Solidaridad Network, a partner of the International Cocoa Initiative, presents findings on the impact of MASO, a five-year programme focussed on creating employment opportunities for youth aged 18-25 in cocoa communities. The programme targeted 10,700 not-in-school youth living under the $2 per day poverty line in specific communities.

This paper proposes a prediction model to identify cocoa farmers in Ghana who are at an elevated risk of using hazardous child labour, based on basic information about cocoa-producing households and their farms.