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She Rises Up

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She Rises Up chronicles the remarkable journeys of three women who are helping to lift their communities out of poverty through the local businesses they fight the odds to maintain. Gladys Yupanqui of Peru founded a mini-market and is looking to expand. Magatte Wade of Senegal is building a cosmetics manufacturing company. Selyna Peiris of Sri Lanka is expanding the textile company founded by her mother. Nearly one-third of all countries have laws that stifle a woman's access to work. They limit access to bank accounts, property inheritance, and many types of jobs. These countries have some of the highest poverty rates in the world. Gladys, Magatte and Selyna's stories are each unique unto themselves. Yet a common theme illustrates the critical importance of local businesses to emerging economies. These women prevail over issues that are not faced by the multinational corporations that come in. Opening a business in many countries is easier for a large foreign corporation than for local entrepreneurs. McKinsey & Company has calculated that if women were to participate in the world economy to the same extent as men, they would add the equivalent of the combined economies of China and the U.S. to the world's prosperity. She Rises Up reveals the role entrepreneurs and small businesses can play in women gaining financial independence, and ultimately reducing poverty for all.

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Peyton Robinson RogerEbert.com It’s painfully straightforward, stuck in a format of revealing motivations and personal stories and then throwing down the various ways in which the government is institutionally resistant. Rated: 1.5/4 Jun 24, 2024 Full Review Christie Cronan Common Sense Media The storytelling is honest and hungry. The women's courage and perseverance is motivating. And the focus on the countries of Sri Lanka, Senegal, and Peru may help educate some viewers about global cultures, communities, and business practices. Jul 16, 2024 Full Review Christian Toto HollywoodInToto.com Empowering doc highlights International women finding their inner entrepreneur. Rated: 3/4 Jun 22, 2024 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru An eye-opening, moving and empowering documentary. Jun 21, 2024 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Tusty wants to celebrate these women, something that we really don’t see enough of elsewhere. Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 20, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis She Rises Up chronicles the remarkable journeys of three women who are helping to lift their communities out of poverty through the local businesses they fight the odds to maintain. Gladys Yupanqui of Peru founded a mini-market and is looking to expand. Magatte Wade of Senegal is building a cosmetics manufacturing company. Selyna Peiris of Sri Lanka is expanding the textile company founded by her mother. Nearly one-third of all countries have laws that stifle a woman's access to work. They limit access to bank accounts, property inheritance, and many types of jobs. These countries have some of the highest poverty rates in the world. Gladys, Magatte and Selyna's stories are each unique unto themselves. Yet a common theme illustrates the critical importance of local businesses to emerging economies. These women prevail over issues that are not faced by the multinational corporations that come in. Opening a business in many countries is easier for a large foreign corporation than for local entrepreneurs. McKinsey & Company has calculated that if women were to participate in the world economy to the same extent as men, they would add the equivalent of the combined economies of China and the U.S. to the world's prosperity. She Rises Up reveals the role entrepreneurs and small businesses can play in women gaining financial independence, and ultimately reducing poverty for all.
Director
Maureen Castle Tusty
Distributor
Abramorama
Production Co
Sky Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 21, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 31m