

Sheila Varadan, Embode
- Jun 21, 2017
Why are children’s rights not just like any other human right? The role of families and communities
This article was originally published on http://embode.co/news/why-are-childrens-rights-not-other-hu. By all accounts, children’s rights are the least contested of all human rights. If you were to walk into a crowded room anywhere in the world and proclaim, ‘All children should have the same protection and human rights as adults!’ Few would disagree with you. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child[1], with its almost universal ratification,[2] has been heralded by man

Aarti Kapoor, Embode
- Jun 13, 2017
When children are at school, they are not on the cocoa farm
World Day Against Child Labour Repost from original article written for Cocoa Life Indonesia is the third-largest cocoa producer in the world after Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, and a significant sourcing region for Mondelēz International. Embode recently undertook its third assessment on child labour in cocoa for Mondelēz International in Indonesia. (Executive summary can be downloaded here) With our work now completed in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Indonesia, we are able to see som