Hold Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey Accountable for Child Labor in the Ivory Coast
Two decades ago, three major chocolate companies pledged to stop using cocoa harvested by children. They broke their promise.
Liberty Asia
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Liberty Asia is made up of a group of dedicated professionals who feel strongly that a more effective, coordinated response to slavery is essential and that leveraging technology available to the corporate sector and providing it to the NGO sector will facilitate this response.
Liberty Asia’s goal is to provide new solutions to change the way slavery and trafficking is addressed. We're working with established anti-slavery organisations to create a united front to fight slavery in Asia.
Liberty Asia is a Hong Kong registered charitable organization.
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- Active In: China
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making
- Forms of Slavery:
- Forced Labor, Sex Trafficking, Child Labor, Bonded Labor
- Email: libertyasia@share.org.hk
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The "Chocolate Slaves" of the Ivory Coast
Cocoa is the main ingredient found in chocolate. A large percentage of the world's cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast in West Africa. Many times, forced labor and child labor are used to harvest cocoa beans. Learn more at the Insights Lecture Series at the Cincinnati Museum Center on October 4th, 2018.