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SHE RISES UP shares the remarkable journeys of three women working to lift their communities out of poverty by building local businesses and defying the odds to create change. Follow radically different women from Sri Lanka, Peru and Senegal who are fighting to build businesses that create job opportunities for women, while also contributing to the reduction of poverty in their communities.
The film broadcast on PBS throughout March 2026, airing more than 1,000 times on stations across the U.S., and is now available to stream on-demand via the PBS App.
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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.