How has the data collected in the verification activities been used to end worst forms of child labor?
Accurate, independently verified, data has informed and improved remediation decisions, empowering partners on the ground to better design and implement programs. This concept of fact based decision making was the vision of the ICVB, and based on the emergence of the CCLMS in Ghana and the Self-Help villages in Côte d’Ivoire, it was an important step along the way to improving conditions. That being said, there is no nation that can claim to have “ended” WFCL. A great deal of work remains to be done in both Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to ensure that children are educated, safe, and healthy and that their rights are respected. However, unlike almost all other nations, these governments have fully investigated the nature of conditions in the industrial sector that is one of their largest sources of revenue. Those same results were then independently verified. Finally, and most remarkably, all survey and verification results are publicly available on the web. This level of transparency and th
