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How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms

Corporate Watchdog Radio

March 2, 2008

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CWR co-host Bill Baue speaks with Mil Niepold, senior policy advisor at Verité, a supply chain monitoring and auditing nonprofit that serves as secretariat of the International Cocoa Verification Board, and Bama Athreya, executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum, an advocacy organization that combats child labor and has collaborated with other NGOs and Fair Trade chocolate companies to propose a "Commitment to Ethical Cocoa Sourcing." Niepold and Athreya present diverse views on how best to address child labor in the cocoa supply chain in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana--Niepold promotes Verité's multistakeholder initiative supported by industry and West African governments, while Athreya points to progress occurring outside of industry and government influence.

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