Can dignifying the migrant worker solve your city’s pollution? | Gayathri Vasudevan | TEDxGateway

“We believe saving the environment can co-exist only when every citizen has the right to live with dignity. We cannot hope to achieve one by ignoring the other.”

Gayathri Vasudevan’s words resonate with the conditions of migrant workers and its connectedness to climate. Her thought provoking talk sheds light on the conditions of 400,000 construction workers across India with troubling environmental degradation due to current living conditions.

Gayathri Vasudevan is the Executive Chairperson of LabourNet. Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan is the Founder & Chairperson of LabourNet. Under her guidance, LabourNet has grown to become one of the leading “livelihood enablement enterprises” in India and has enabled more than 1 million livelihoods since its inception. It focuses on increasing the income of the informal sector through interventions related to Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship.

She has been awarded the “Forbes India Entrepreneur with Social Impact Award 2018”, chosen among “50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2017”, by the Business Today Magazine and “Entrepreneur of the year 2015”, by the Entrepreneur India Magazine. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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