Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: Kako izgleda tinejdžerska trudnoća u Latinskoj Americi
TED Fellow Christian Rodríguez explores themes related to gender and identity, working with communities all over the world. Full bio
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tinejdžerske dobi u Latinskoj Americi.
of teenage mothers in Latin America.
postala majka sa 16 godina.
a teenage mother when she was 16.
myself and my origins.
u Latinskoj Americi
in Latin America
sexually active adolescents
seksualno aktivne tinejdžerke
of 12 to 19 years old.
is not just about young pregnancies.
nije samo problem u trudnoći kod mladih.
i ekonomskom nasilju.
and economic violence.
before they are 18
adekvatan standard življenja.
standard of living.
i zdravstvenoj njezi
to education and health care
tinejdžerskim trudnoćama.
among teen pregnancies.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
zatrudni prije svoje 16. godine,
učetverostručuje se
increases fourfold
in her community.
u njenoj zajednici.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
mlađih od 18 čine samohrane majke,
between father and child,
drugačije obrazovati,
to educate boys differently
u pretjerano muževne muškarce.
send boys to school but not girls.
dječake šalju u školu, a djevojčice ne.
heightened the gender equity gap
povećala je jaz u ravnopravnosti spolova
tradicionalnih uloga.
of traditional roles.
equal opportunities to girls,
between the ages of 10 to 14
između 10. i 14. godine
dvostruko starijim muškarcima.
for men twice their age.
zlostavljanja svog oca,
abuse by her father,
she has butterflies in her hair,
to portray this mother with dignity.
ovu majku prikazati s dostojanstvom.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
od 15 godina rastući je trend,
u razvoju širom svijeta.
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
i kulturalnim nejednakostima,
samo povećavaju taj jaz.
further increases this divide.
to being part of the solution
i nedvosmisleno
and emphatically
for boys and girls become similar,
za djevojke i dječake postanu slični,
tinejdžerskih trudnoća.
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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