News from ICI
- How do income changes affect child labour? ICI reviews the evidence20 April 2020The International Cocoa Initiative reviewed evidence on how changes in household income impact child labour, with support from the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa. The analysis of 50 studies shows a complex relationship: while decreases in household income tend to increase child labour, increases in household income can cause child labour to rise, as well as to fall. As a global economic crisis hits due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, these findings highlight the dangers this may pose to child protection in cocoa-growing communities. At ICI, we believe farmers should earn a decentRead more
- How will the Covid-19 crisis affect children in cocoa-growing communities?17 April 2020A brief review of the effects of recent pandemics on children, April 2020 As in many parts of the world, governments in West Africa have closed schools, prohibited large gatherings, introduced curfewsRead more
- Covid-19: ICI's response to protect cocoa communities and staff27 March 2020This updates our position published March 23rd. ICI is active in over 230 cocoa-growing communities in Ghana, the Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroun. While these countries are not yet as severely impacted byRead more
- GIZ and ICI announce a new partnership to combat child labour11 March 2020The German development agency GIZ and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) will be working together to scale up " Risk-based Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems" over the next 18Read more
- Family-focused change: The ICI way of child protection5 March 2020"I used to finance my children’s education with loans from a micro finance in Dwinase. These were repaid by selling the produce from my vegetable farm until I finished paying it all, including the interest.”Read more
- Exploring the impact of collaboration on a cocoa community in Ghana29 February 2020The need for a multi-stakeholder approach in the fight against child labour, especially in the cocoa sector, cannot be overemphasized as a result of the cross-cutting issues associated with childRead more
- Innovating to reduce child labour through targeted income support28 February 2020Together with Nestlé, the International Cocoa Initiative received an innovation grant from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to develop a model to target income support at cocoaRead more