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Semester 2 Assignment 1: Child Labour Explain the implications of stopping the use of child labour in the cocoa industry in Cote d'Ivoire? Explain your answer.

Child labour is a form of work that deprives children of their own childhood, their potential to become who they actually want to be and their pride and dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development due to the dangerous settings they work in. It refers to types work that is mentally, physically and socially dangerous to children, as it takes away their opportunity to attend school or even requiring them to attempt to work and attend school at the same time. One of the worst forms of child labour is found in the cocoa farms and plantations in Cote d'Ivoire as children …show more content…

Currently, efforts to reduce child labour on cocoa plantations in Cote d'Ivoire beginning to pay off. Efforts have been made to curb child labour on cocoa farms in 2001 with the "Harkin-Engel Protocol". The "Harkin-Engel Protocol" is an agreement, signed by cocoa and chocolate companies, to grow and process cocoa according to the ILO child labour standards. In September 2001, cocoa and chocolate industries signed an agreement, which was developed with the partnership of Senator Mr Tom Harkin and Representative Mr Eliot Engel, in order to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in the production and growing of cocoa. It marked as an important first protocol which holds the responsibility for addressing the worst forms of child labour. The specific Framework of Action to Support the Implementation of the "Harkin-Engel Protocol" was agreed on in 2010. While progress was initially criticized for being too slow, the government and NGOs say definite success can now be seen in Côte d'Ivoire. Under this program, 12,000 children have already been taken off cocoa farms and have gotten enrolled in school over the past …show more content…

However, the positive implications overpower the negative implications as the negatives will be able to be solved in the long run. Therefore, I conclude that child labour in the cocoa industry in Cote d'Ivoire should be stopped for the benefit of the wellbeing and future of both the children and the

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