Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: Teenagerschwangerschaften in Lateinamerika
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.
in Lateinamerika begleitet.
vom Moment der Geburt
a teenage mother when she was 16.
wurde mit 16 Teenager-Mutter.
myself and my origins.
besser zu verstehen.
minderjährige Mädchen ein Kind zur Welt.
in Latin America
bei Teenagern in Lateinamerika
die höchste der Welt sein wird.
sexually active adolescents
der sexuell aktiven Jugendlichen
of 12 to 19 years old.
nicht nur um frühe Schwangerschaften.
is not just about young pregnancies.
and economic violence.
und ökonomische Gewalt.
bevor sie 18 sind,
before they are 18
standard of living.
ausreichenden Lebensstandard.
Bildung und medizinischer Versorgung,
to education and health care
von Teenagerschwangerschaften.
among teen pregnancies.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
schwanger wird bevor sie 16 ist,
der Geburt stirbt, um das Vierfache
increases fourfold
in ihren Zwanzigern.
verleiht trotz alledem das Muttersein
und Respekt in der Gesellschaft.
in her community.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
unter 18 sind Singlemütter,
between father and child,
Vater-Kind-Beziehung zu interessieren,
Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt wird.
to educate boys differently
send boys to school but not girls.
die Jungs, aber keine Mädchen zur Schule.
heightened the gender equity gap
die Ungleichheit der Geschlechter
of traditional roles.
equal opportunities to girls,
für Mädchen schaffen,
unabhängig zu werden.
bei Teenagern zu durchbrechen.
between the ages of 10 to 14
im Alter zwischen 10 und 14
Gruppe der Bevölkerung,
for men twice their age.
doppelt so alter Männer werden.
Inzest und sexuellem Missbrauch,
im Alter von 12 Jahren,
abuse by her father,
Missbrauchs durch ihren Vater,
Schwestern vergewaltigte.
she has butterflies in her hair,
Schmetterlinge im Haar,
to portray this mother with dignity.
diese Mutter mit Würde darzustellen.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
unter 15 Jahren nehmen stetig zu,
countries in the world.
Entwicklungsländern.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
soziale und kulturelle Ungleichheiten,
further increases this divide.
diese Ungleichheiten zusätzlich.
Teil der Lösung zu sein,
to being part of the solution
and emphatically
die implizit und eindringlich
for boys and girls become similar,
von Jungen und Mädchen gleicher werden,
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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