Vasco campaigns against slave labor during the Carioca Championship game

Combat

In partnership with InPACTO and the Ministry of Human Rights, the action aims to draw public attention

Rio de Janeiro – RJ) – In allusion to the day to Combat Slave Labor in Brazil, Vasco da Gama carries out an action to draw public attention to the problem of slave and child labor during the match against Bangu, this Sunday (28), at Carioca Championship.

The initiative is in partnership with the National Pact Institute for the Eradication of Slave Labor (InPACTO) and the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC), which also seeks to publicize Dial 100 (Disque Human Rights), a service of the Ministry that receives them complaints.

In this match, all Vasco players will wear a shirt with the InPACTO logo printed on the front and, on the back, the messages dial 100.

“It was with great joy that we sealed this partnership, as we admire Vasco’s stance, always firm and proud in defending human rights. It is very important to transmit the message to raise awareness among the population about the persistence of slave-like work that still persists in Brazil and to encourage people’s engagement in denouncing this violation of human rights, through sport and the national passion that exists for football”, says Marina Ferro, executive director of InPACTO.

Since the work of mobile inspection groups began in Brazil, 63,400 people have been rescued, since 1995, from working conditions analogous to slavery and child labor. In 2023, 3,190 people were rescued. Between 2016 and 2022, 80% of people rescued declared themselves black.

This Sunday’s game is valid for the 4th round of the Carioca Championship and takes place at the Mané Garrincha Stadium, in Brasília (DF), against Bangu. Vasco is the leader of the state competition, with two wins and a draw in three games.

Date

January 28th marks the memory of the Unaí Massacre, which turns 20 years old. The crime took place in the city of Unaí, Minas Gerais, on a Wednesday in 2004, when Labor tax auditors Erastóstenes de Almeida Gonçalves, João Batista Soares and Nelson José da Silva and driver Ailton Pereira de Oliveira were killed at close range in an ambush in the rural area of ​​the city. They investigated allegations of work similar to slavery.

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