Have you ever thought about the human cost of producing a single chocolate bar? Probably not.

To enthusiasts of the world's most popular snack, the fact that cocoa is the main ingredient in chocolate is a no-brainer.

The reality, however, is that chocolate has a host of hidden ingredients, notably child labour, poor wages, difficult working conditions, exploitation, and resistance. There is also the high ecological cost of cocoa production. 

And now… climate change.  

When climate disasters strike, loss is easier to assess. What is not visible, however, is the sociocultural trauma of gender-based violence, whose impacts outlast extreme weather events. 

In Zambia, women and girls would walk over long distances to look for water and food, which exposed them to the risk of violence. After a day of toil, mothers would sometimes give sexual favours in exchange for food, leading to sexual exploitation.