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Child labour rising in Ghana and Ivory Coast’s cocoa farms: Study
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The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast during the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it.
According to a study funded by the US government, the proportion of children from agricultural households in cocoa-growing areas that are engaged in child labour in the cocoa sector across Ivory Coast and Ghana had increased to 45 percent in 2018/19 from 31 percent in 2008/09.
In addition, the corresponding levels for hazardous work had risen to 43 percent from 30 percent.
This is a troubling occurrence and child labour must not be tolerated!
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