An oversight visit to the Ayensuano District Assembly and Dokrochiwa has revealed that poverty and parental neglect remain major drivers of child labour and trafficking in the district ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The use of child labour on cocoa farms in top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has risen over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, according to a draft of a U.S.

Child marriage remains one of Ghana's persistent but under-discussed public health and social problems. It occurs when a girl or boy marries before the age of 18, often driven by poverty, cultural ...

10-year-old D.P., a plaintiff in a class action against candy giants Mars, Mondelēz and Cargill, seen using a machete to open cocoa pods on a cocoa plantation in Ghana, where he began working when he ...

NSUAEM, Ghana (Reuters) - When Kojo Muzala's family were struggling to put food on the table in northern Ghana two years ago, an uncle brought the 15-year-old to the more prosperous south to work on a ...

We write in advance of the 100th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the “Committee”) and its review of Ghana. This submission focuses on the rights of children with disabilities, ...

The Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Hon. Dr. Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has issued a passionate call for intensified national efforts to eliminate child labour in Ghana. Speaking at the ...

A case has been brought against the chocolate industry giant Cargill in the Washington D.C. Superior Court that alleges the company is using exploitative child labor. The case is focused on children ...

As cocoa production increases in Ghana, child advocacy groups are intensifying calls and efforts to militate against child labour in the sector. Production of the cocoa bean is expected to climb to ...

Activists are again accusing Cargill and other major food companies of buying cocoa from West African farms that force children to work in unsafe conditions. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Superior ...