Posts Tagged ‘Child Labour’
Stop Trafficking – July 2025
The July issue of Stop Trafficking! looks at the issue of trafficking for child labour. While it focuses on the United States, the article is still relevant as child labour is a universal problem. Child labour is defined by International Labour Organization Conventions 138 as the Minimum Age for Admission to Employments and 182 on…
Read MoreCharlee’s Running to Stop Slavery
Charlee Dornom was shocked to discover teenage girls her age are forced to marry and that children even younger are forced to work on cocoa plantations with little hope of an education. It prompted her to run 10km for ACRATH in last year’s Run Melbourne. This year Charlee, a Year 11 student at Padua College…
Read MoreMake Sweet Choices That Matter
Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) urges Australians to look a little deeper into their shopping baskets this Easter with the ACRATH APPROVED Easter campaign. Many chocolate products, including those found in Australian shops, are made with cocoa beans harvested by child labourers, often subjected to enslavement and hazardous working conditions. “This Easter…
Read MoreCheck the New Chocolate Scorecard
The 6th Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has been released. How did your favourite chocolate score? Tony’s Chocolonely, Ritter Sport, Nestlé and Mars Wrigley have been named as among the most sustainable chocolate companies according to the 6th Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard initiative co-ordinated by Be Slavery Free, an Australian coalition campaigning against modern…
Read MoreChocolate Scorecard Coming Soon
Easter is just around the corner, and so is the 6th edition of the Chocolate Scorecard! Right now, Be Slavery Free is hard at work with their partners, surveying major chocolate companies to find out which brands are truly sweet—not just in taste, but for people, primates, and the planet. Mark your calendars! The Chocolate…
Read MoreTrick or Treat
Halloween is all about indulging in treats, but what if we told you there’s a hidden trick behind many of the chocolates we enjoy? Beneath the wrappers, millions of farmers and children are facing the bitter realities of poverty in the cocoa growing industry. We aim to expose the reality of cocoa production — and show you…
Read MoreAct to End Child Labour
World Day Against Child Labour is observed each year on 12th June. The theme for 2024 is Let’s Act on our Commitments: End Child Labour. 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999), which, in 2020, was the first ILO Convention to…
Read MoreStop Trafficking May 2024
The May 2024 issue of Stop Trafficking! focuses on the role of child and forced labour in the fashion industry. According to the International Labour Organisation about 160 million children are involved in labour globally. Many of these are involved in making the clothes we purchase. Articles in the May issue include: Download your copy…
Read MoreBuy Better Chocolate
A better chocolate is better for people and the planet! It’s free of child labor, provides a living income for cocoa farmers, empowers women, and cares for the environment. Be Slavery Free has surveyed the world’s chocolate companies to find out what’s really going into the chocolate you buy. The 5th edition of the Chocolate Scorecard is…
Read MoreTrick or Treat?
If you’re looking for a real fright this Halloween, look at what might be going into your favourite chocolate treat! Child labour? Farmer poverty? Harmful pesticides and farming chemicals? We deserve better, and so do cocoa farmers! Be Slavery Free surveyed the biggest chocolate companies on the planet to find out who is doing good…
Read MoreBuying Chocolate at Halloween
Love it or hate it, Halloween certainly has picked up momentum in Australia. As chocolate sales go through the roof, here is a stark reminder that as Halloween is celebrated it could be at the cost of child labour in cocoa fields in places such as West Africa! How do you know if your Halloween…
Read MoreAlarming Rise in Global Slavery
A new document produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Walk Free and the International Office for Migration (IOM) highlights an alarming increase in the number of people experiencing forced labour and forced marriage on any one day. Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage puts this figure at just on 50…
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