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2 Apr 2008

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Corporate Watchdog Radio interview by Bill Baue

How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms

[begins at 3:08] CWR co-host Bill Baue speaks with Mil Niepold, senior policy advisor at Verité...[which] serves as secretariat of the International Cocoa Verification Board, and Bama Athreya, executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum...[which] 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...