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Child labour-free zones emerge as Ghana’s new weapon against child labour

Across Ghana’s agricultural value chain, particularly in the cocoa sector, thousands of children continue to be in the worst forms of child labour, impeding their physical, social, educational, and mental growth. In 2022 alone, reports suggested that approximately 21% of Ghanaian children aged 5–17 were involved in child labour, with over 1.2 million engaged in hazardous work, primarily in…

Child labour-free zones emerge as Ghana’s new weapon against child labour

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