Ghanaian women in the global cocoa trade face forced labor, sexual violence
A team of researchers at the University of Sheffield have found that women working in the cocoa industry in Ghana face widespread exploitation, including forced labor and sexual violence. The study from the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) was published in the Journal of Development Studies, finding that many workers were victims of forced labor and faced going unpaid, underpaid, or having their pay withheld. Professor