18/12/2022
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Australian creative agency, Football Music Culture (FMC) Studio, is using the power of football and art to address human rights abuses associated with the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar.
Football Music Culture’s Match Mixer project smashes together football, art, and social justice to raise funds to support the families of migrant workers who tragically died building the stadiums and infrastructure in Doha, Qatar for this year’s World Cup.
Since match day one, Match Mixer has hosted live and delayed screenings of group stage World Cup matches at FMC’s custom-fitted studio in Fitzroy, Melbourne to raise awareness about the campaign and spark activism through creativity.
The program is now stepping up fundraising initiatives through sales of t-shirts featuring provocative designs from Melbourne artists. $10 from every piece sold will be donated to the cause. T-shirts are available for purchase online throughout December 2022 and January 2023.
Former Soccceroo, broadcaster, human rights activist, and current NSW Australian of the Year, Craig Foster is supporting the project.
Foster said, “I urge football fans to think about members of our own community around the world whose rights are being abused every day such as migrant workers, women and the Qatari LGBTI community. As global citizens, we can ensure that the World Cup provides visibility for affected groups and as we watch the games, and simultaneously can continue to call on Qatar, and all football-loving countries including Australia, to treat people according to basic human rights principles.”
Proceeds will be distributed to the families of people who died during the construction of World Cup venues in Qatar and support initiatives which seek to rectify worker rights injustices through its charity partner, EquidemOrg.
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