Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: Milyen a kamaszkori terhesség Latin-Amerikában?
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.
Latin-Amerikában.
a teenage mother when she was 16.
tizenhat éves korában.
myself and my origins.
és a származásomat.
in Latin America
világmértékben
sexually active adolescents
nemi életet élő tinédzser
of 12 to 19 years old.
tizenkilenc éves kora között.
is not just about young pregnancies.
nemcsak az életkorról szól,
and economic violence.
és gazdasági erőszakról is.
koruk előtt teherbe esnek,
before they are 18
standard of living.
to education and health care
korlátozott elérése
among teen pregnancies.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
teherbe esik Latin-Amerikában,
increases fourfold
a négyszeresére nő
in her community.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
egyedülálló anya,
mit jelent szülőnek lenni,
between father and child,
kapcsolatot vizsgáltam,
szentelnek sok figyelmet.
to educate boys differently
a fiúkat kell nevelnünk
send boys to school but not girls.
iskolába küldik, a lányokat viszont nem.
heightened the gender equity gap
fokozza a nemek közti egyenlőtlenséget
of traditional roles.
equal opportunities to girls,
biztosítanánk a lányoknak,
megszakításában.
between the ages of 10 to 14
akik teherbe esnek,
for men twice their age.
a náluk jóval idősebb férfiaknak.
abuse by her father,
she has butterflies in her hair,
to portray this mother with dignity.
méltósággal ábrázoljam ezt az édesanyát.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
terhessége növekvő tendenciát mutat,
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
egyenlőtlenségek károsítják,
further increases this divide.
a kamaszkori terhességek.
to being part of the solution
ennek megoldásán
and emphatically
és határozottan a lányok
for boys and girls become similar,
életprogramja hasonló lesz,
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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