In 2010, in response to evidence of children working under hazardous conditions in the West African cocoa sector, the Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, representatives from the International Chocolate and Cocoa Industry, and the U.S. Department of Labor signed a Declaration and Framework tied to the Harkin-Engel Protocol to combat child labor and the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.

In 2016, NORC at the University of Chicago was awarded a cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs to implement the 2018/2019 Assessing Progress in Reducing Child Labor in Cocoa Production in Cocoa Growing Areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana project.

The final results from this study are being released on October 19th and if you are receiving this invitation you will also receive a copy of the report.

We would like to invite you to a presentation of the findings of the report with the NORC research team on October 27th from 10am – 12pm to present the findings and analysis as well as answer questions on the final report. We hope to see you there

ASL interpretation and close captioning for the presentation will be provided

Note: Funding for this project was provided by the United States Department of Labor under Cooperative Agreement number IL-28104-15-75-K-17. One hundred percent of the total costs of the project or program is financed with federal funds, for a total of $3,458,681.00 dollars. The statements found in the report do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of United States Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government.

Findings on Child Labor in Cocoa Growing Areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana