# A path to social safety for migrant workers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2023
- Speaker: Ashif Shaikh
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ashif_shaikh_a_path_to_social_safety_for_migrant_workers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Hundreds of millions of migrant workers travel within their countries to seek out means of survival — often leaving behind all they know for months or even years. Many face poverty and exploitation, and they need a robust social safety net to protect them, says migrant advocate and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Ashif Shaikh. He shares how his grassroots organization Migrants Resilience Collaborative is making life-changing benefits like social security and health care accessible to those who need them while also amplifying migrant voices — paving the way towards a world that supports the workers actually building it. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

## Lectures

1. [A path to social safety for migrant workers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ashif_shaikh_a_path_to_social_safety_for_migrant_workers/8fdac5e89e7e), 8 min (TED's player)