Child/Forced Labor

-Over 2 million children worldwide are victim to child labor

-child labor/forced labor is reinforced by discrimination

-Hershey’s, Mars, Nestle, and Cadbury use child labor in their chocolate

-the child labor takes place in African countries: Ghana and C’ote Divoire

-they are forced to work all day in the heat with machetes

-child labor is exploitation of children: hurting them physically and mentally

-Hershey’s, Nestle, and Mars broke their promise to end child labor

-chocolate mass produced also comes at the cost of the environment

-in Xinjiang, China, there is a lot of forced labor of Uighur Muslims

-there is forced labor in many countries (Madagascar, Brazil, India, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Mali, Colombia, etc.) of many different goods (fish, coffee, bricks, cotton, diamond, tobacco, textiles, electronics, soap, grapes, etc.)

-in the U.S. there is not child labor/forced labor, however, American based companies get goods from other countries that were produced using child labor/forced labor

-many companies (not just chocolate) use child labor

• Nikes, Disney, Adidas, Oreo, too many to name

-fast fashion is a large user of child labor

--no company can ensure 100% that they are producing goods with no child/forced labor (so even fair trade could have it

- "Children belong in schools not workplaces. Child labour deprives children of their right to go to school and reinforces intergenerational cycles of poverty. Child labour acts as a major barrier to education, affecting both attendance and performance in school.” (Child labour and exploitation | UNICEF India )