Recent analysis shows that over the past 10 years child labor violations across the U.S. have tripled, reports the Washington Post. [...]
Category: Child Slavery
Chocolate Scorecard 2024: sweet progress & bitter challenges
It’s that special time again when we dive deep into the world of chocolate, especially with Easter right around the corner. This isn’t [...]
Freedom United exposes U.S. regression on child exploitation
My Freedom Day should be everyone’s, every day. Except we’re facing unprecedented rollbacks in labor laws across the U.S. [...]
Why chocolate companies must go beyond certified cocoa
Our community often asks us how to shop ethically. Seeing a recognizable certification logo on a chocolate treat could put your mind at [...]
Questioning our assumptions about child labor
It’s the time of year again when emotive and resolute messages about stamping out the evil of child labor begin to pop up suddenly on [...]
Climate and cocoa: why an anti-modern slavery movement is talking about the environment
At the time of writing, almost 180,000 people within the Freedom United community are calling for change from major chocolate [...]
Why my experience proves we need to end forced child marriage
July 22, 2021: WIN! New York became the sixth state in the United States to pass a bill to end child marriage without any exceptions, [...]
Pioneering a Path to Slavery-Free Chocolate
Much of the work in the anti-slavery movement has been directed at convincing businesses fixated on profits to investigate (and [...]