[<Normal page] [PEREZGONZALEZ Jose D [ed] (2010). Child labour in cacao production. Journal of Knowledge Advancement & Integration (ISSN 1177-4576), 2011, pages 1-4.]
Child labour in cacao production
The following documentary by Panorama (20101, 2) provides some evidence of the existence of child labour in cacao production in 2009-2010. The summary that follows not only highlights visual evidence of child labour in cacao production in Africa (which is the actual data provided here), but also provides other statistical information commented during the documentary (which should be taken as indirect data, only).
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In summary, the documentary team found the following first-hand or secondary evidence of child labour in cocoa farms in Africa:
Ghana | Ivory Coast | Burkina Faso |
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10 to 11 children in a village may have been trafficked. Four of these children appear on screen, and one of them is finally rescued and returned home. | One child talked of unspecified children in his village, working long hours and not having a school. | Six women reported to have lost one child to traffickers each. One of these women will get her child back during the programme. |
7 cocoa farmers had been temporarily suspended from trading under the Fairtrade programme. | ||
Two girls had been trafficked for work in the recent past. |
Methods
TV documentary with brief case studies of individuals found as convenient sample. Although the documentary itself is probably not an authoritative source in regards to child slavery and child labour issues in Africa, it provides first-hand anecdotal evidence of the existence of those issues. The veracity of the documentary is not suspect, either.
Want to know more?
- Fairtrade International
- A group of organizations aiming at providing a fair deal with producers, auditing them and managing Fairtrade standards.
- International Cocoa Initiative - ICI
- A non-profit foundation aiming at addressing the worst forms of child labour and forced adult labour on cocoa farms.
- International Labour Organization - ILO
- The United Nations organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards.
- Wiki of Science - Chocolate production
- This technology page gives some information about how chocolate is made.
- Wikipedia - Children in cocoa production
- This Wikipedia page provides some more light information about the use of children in cocoa production.
Editor
Jose D PEREZGONZALEZ (2011). Massey University, New Zealand (JDPerezgonzalez).
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