Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: Une vision de la grossesse adolescente en Amérique latine
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.
adolescentes en Amérique Latine.
a teenage mother when she was 16.
mère adolescente à 16 ans.
myself and my origins.
ainsi que mes origines.
de moins de 18 ans
in Latin America
en Amérique Latine
sexually active adolescents
sexuellement active sur deux
of 12 to 19 years old.
is not just about young pregnancies.
n'est pas qu'un problème de jeunesse.
and economic violence.
psychologique et économique.
before they are 18
avant 18 ans
standard of living.
un niveau de vie convenable.
to education and health care
à l'éducation et aux soins
among teen pregnancies.
chez les grossesses adolescentes.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
tombe enceinte avant d'avoir 16 ans,
increases fourfold
est quatre fois plus grand
à l'adolescente un statut
in her community.
dans sa communauté.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
de 18 ans sont mères célibataires,
between father and child,
entre un père et son enfant,
to educate boys differently
les garçons différemment
send boys to school but not girls.
leurs garçons mais pas leurs filles.
heightened the gender equity gap
a accru les inégalités homme/femme
of traditional roles.
equal opportunities to girls,
leur permettrait
des grossesses adolescentes
between the ages of 10 to 14
entre 10 et 14 ans
extrêmement vulnérable
for men twice their age.
pour des hommes deux fois plus âgés.
à 12 ans,
abuse by her father,
de son père,
she has butterflies in her hair,
dans les cheveux,
to portray this mother with dignity.
de présenter cette mère dignement.
de moins de 15 ans progressent,
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
mauvaises inégalités socio-culturelles,
further increases this divide.
accentuent ce clivage.
to being part of the solution
la recherche de solutions
and emphatically
emphatique, pour la reconnaissance
for boys and girls become similar,
et des filles deviendront similaires,
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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