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Learning from children in cocoa-growing communities

Children have the right to participate in decisions that affect them; and listening to them is key to understanding their aspirations, priorities, and the challenges they face, as well as to finding

Local authorities take ownership of the Landscape and Referral project

Late last month, the official launch of ICI’s Landscape and Referral project was held in Côte d’Ivoire in the Daloa prefecture. An innovative project piloted in the Haut-Sassandra region, the aim is

Improving the quality of education creates a protective environment and helps children learn

All children have the right to quality education. Between 2019 and 2021, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), in partnership with the Ministry of Education of Cote d’Ivoire, implemented a pilot

ICI and its members scale up coverage of systems that prevent and address child labour in Pledge for Action

The International Labour Organisation and Alliance 8.7 declared 2021 the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, challenging stakeholders at all levels as well as individuals to shift

Tackling child labour and forced labour in Ghanaian cocoa and gold mining

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

Daloa and Soubré: Cargill equips 8 cocoa farming communities with quality school infrastructure

Eight schools making a total of thirty-six c lassrooms built by Cargill and its partners Mars Wrigley and Hershey, and implemented by ICI, were officially opened from March 16 to 24, supporting

HYBRID EVENT: Public and private sector collaboration: Integrated approaches to prevent and address child labour

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

Agro-commodity trading company ETG joins ICI

The Netherlands-based company Export Trading Group (ETG), a trader and processor of agricultural commodities, has joined ICI in its efforts to better tackle child labour and forced labour in its cocoa

Gender equality and child well-being in cocoa-growing communities

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