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2022 World Cup sparks labour reform, just not in Qatar

2022 World Cup sparks labour reform, just not in Qatar

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James M. Dorsey
Oct 07, 2015
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By James M. Dorsey

The 2022 Qatar World Cup may be sparking social change in the Gulf, just not (yet) in Qatar.

Qatar’s winning of the hosting rights for the World Cup gave human rights and trade union activists the leverage they needed to more effectively pressure the Gulf state for reform, if not abolition, of its controversial kafala or labour sponsors…

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