Josh Cavallo believes that LGBTQ safety should be considered by FIFA when they are awarding World Cup hosting rights. Although Cavallo has not yet been called up to Australia’s senior team, he has stated that he would be “scared” to compete in the World Cup in Qatar, where homosexual acts are punishable by law. The 2018 iteration of football’s premier competition was hosted in Russia, where a 2013 “gay propaganda” law has been employed to halt gay pride marches and imprison advocates for homosexual rights.
“I promise to speak up for LGBTQ players and World Cup attendees in Qatar who are unable to live honestly and authentically. FIFA, Qatar: the entire world is watching,” Josh Cavallo said about FIFA awarding World Cup rights. “Could you see us? When choosing host nations for World Cups and other games, I implore sports authorities to take our rights and safety into account. We must improve. I accept this honor and responsibility and pledge to meet the challenge.”
The English and Welsh FAs have been instructed by Qatar’s World Cup chairman to concentrate on their teams rather than pressing for pay for migrant workers. On November 19, the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East kicks off, capping a 12-year process that began when Qatar won a controversial FIFA ballot. In that time, Mr. Al Khater advanced to become the chairman of the supreme committee in charge of Qatar’s planning and has come under fire. A number of European countries, particularly England and Wales, have spent the World Cup lead-up raising issues regarding the hardship of migrant workers and claiming Qatar’s compensation financing is insufficient.
There have only been three work-related deaths at stadiums, according to World Cup organizers, but there are still worries that more migrant workers perished while working on bigger infrastructure projects throughout Qatar because each incident is not thoroughly probed. Mr. Al Khater cited Qatar’s updated labor rules and the implementation of a minimum wage.
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