Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodriguez: La gravidanza adolescenziale in America Latina
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.
adolescenti in America Latina.
nel mio Paese, l'Uruguay.
a teenage mother when she was 16.
madre adolescente all'età di 16 anni.
myself and my origins.
me stesso e le mie origini.
al di sotto dei 18 anni
in Latin America
in America Latina
per i prossimi 80 anni.
sexually active adolescents
delle adolescenti sessualmente attive
of 12 to 19 years old.
is not just about young pregnancies.
la gravidanza in tenera età.
and economic violence.
psicologica ed economica.
before they are 18
prima dei 18 anni
standard of living.
un'adeguata condizione di vita.
a educazione e assistenza sanitaria
to education and health care
among teen pregnancies.
tra le gravidanze adolescenziali.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
rimane incinta prima dei 16 anni,
increases fourfold
aumenta di quattro volte
e un rispetto all'adolescente
in her community.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
sotto i 18 anni sono ragazze madri,
between father and child,
alla relazione tra padre e figlio,
si dà poca importanza.
to educate boys differently
diversamente i figli maschi
send boys to school but not girls.
a scuola i maschi e non le femmine.
delle gravidanze adolescenziali
heightened the gender equity gap
of traditional roles.
dei ruoli covenzionali.
equal opportunities to girls,
eguali opportunità alle ragazze,
della gravidanza adolescenziale.
between the ages of 10 to 14
tra i 10 e i 14 anni
molto vulnerabile,
for men twice their age.
con il doppio dei loro anni.
all'interno di questa fascia.
abuse by her father,
due sorelle, di 8 e 16 anni.
ha delle farfalle tra i capelli,
she has butterflies in her hair,
to portray this mother with dignity.
ritrarre questa madre con dignità.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
è una tendenza in forte crescita,
iditutto in mondo.
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
disuguaglianze sociali e culturali
further increases this divide.
aumenta ulteriormente questo divario.
a contribuire a una soluzione,
to being part of the solution
and emphatically
implicitamente ed enfaticamente,
per queste ragazze.
for boys and girls become similar,
di maschi e femmine,
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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