She Rises Up: Movie Night at the Museum

Join us for a movie night at the Chicago Fair Trade Museum!

The Chicago Fair Trade Museum is excited to host an exclusive screening of She Rises Up, a recently-released documentary sharing the powerful stories of three women around the world who are using business as a force for good in their communities. Spend an evening watching together in community, and enjoy complimentary drinks and snacks included in your ticket!

If cost is a barrier for you, please contact us at info@chicagofairtrade.org so we can issue a complimentary ticket.

About She Rises Up

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.