Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: La situació de l'embaràs adolescent a Llatinoamèrica
TED Fellow Christian Rodríguez explores themes related to gender and identity, working with communities all over the world. Full bio
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of teenage mothers in Latin America.
mares adolescents a Llatinoamèrica.
a teenage mother when she was 16.
mare adolescent als 16 anys.
myself and my origins.
i també els meus orígens.
in Latin America
a Llatinoamèrica
sexually active adolescents
adolescents sexualment actives
of 12 to 19 years old.
els 12 i els 19 anys.
is not just about young pregnancies.
l'embaràs a una edat primerenca,
and economic violence.
psicològica i econòmica.
before they are 18
abans dels 18 anys
standard of living.
nivell de vida adequat.
to education and health care
i a l'assistència sanitària
among teen pregnancies.
dels embarassos adolescents.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
es queda embarassada abans dels 16 anys,
es multiplica per quatre
increases fourfold
dona major de 20 anys.
in her community.
dins la seva comunitat.
en el seu projecte de vida.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
menors de 18 anys són mares solteres,
between father and child,
en la relació entre pare i fill,
to educate boys differently
d'una manera diferent
els nens, però no les nenes.
send boys to school but not girls.
heightened the gender equity gap
augmenta la bretxa de gènere
of traditional roles.
dels rols tradicionals.
equal opportunities to girls,
d'oportunitats a les noies,
between the ages of 10 to 14
entre els 10 i els 14 anys
for men twice their age.
d'homes molt més grans.
abuse by her father,
per part del seu pare,
she has butterflies in her hair,
porta papallones al cabell,
to portray this mother with dignity.
fotografiar aquesta mare amb dignitat.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
menors de 15 és una tendència en augment,
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
desigualtats socials i culturals,
further increases this divide.
augmenta encara més aquesta bretxa.
to being part of the solution
a formar part de la solució
and emphatically
implícitament i emfàtica
for boys and girls become similar,
dels nens i les nenes siguin semblants,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christian Rodríguez - Documentary photographerTED Fellow Christian Rodríguez explores themes related to gender and identity, working with communities all over the world.
Why you should listen
Christian Rodríguez is developing two main long-term projects: "Teen Mom," about teenage pregnancy in Latin America; and a personal project on magical realism, the Latin American literary trend. His work has been exhibited in festivals all over the world, such as GetxoPhoto, PhotoEspaña, Paraty Em Foco, Photo Phnom Penh Festival, Photobook Bristol, Photoville and the "Bienal de Fotografía" of the "Centro de la Imagen" (Mexico), and it has been published internationally, including National Geographic, the New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, El Mundo and others.
In addition to his work as a photographer, Rodríguez is creator and director of SAN JOSE FOTO International festival in Uruguay. He has been awarded the Roberto Villagraz Scholarship of EFTI (Spain), Nuevo Talento Fnac (Spain), Ojo de Pez Human Rights First Prize (Spain) and Getty Instagram Grant 2016 among others. Rodríguez gives workshops and lectures in Latin America and Europe, and he is a member of Prime Collective. He became a TED Fellow in 2017.
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