"[T]he cocoa industry faces severe human rights issues, including child labor and forced labor driven by extreme poverty." ...

They committed to develop and implement voluntary standards to certify that the cocoa they used from West Africa was produced without the worst forms of child labour, as defined by the ...

According to the Ghanaian Ministry of Labour's current National Action Plan, some 3 . 2 per cent of children aged five to 14 ...

Mars is planning to have cocoa it purchases physically separated from products that come from other unverified sources at ...

In order to address the causes of child labour, and to equip children of cocoa farmers with life-building skills, the Child Labour Education and Resilience (CLEAR), a project of the Lutheran World ...

an organisation which campaigns against child labour. Back in the UK, she speaks to Nick Weatherill from the International Cocoa Initiative, an organisation which represents chocolate ...

Presenter Hazel Lindsey travels from England to West Africa, to investigate the use of child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana. She travels to the village of Akyem Ofoase, about five hours from ...

Child soldiers, underage gold miners, street vendors and cocoa plantation workers: After years of decline in child labor, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many African children back to work.

One thing is universal: whether they are growing coffee or cocoa, rice or corn, all parents want their children to get the best start in life. Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that ...