Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Kristiāns Rodrigess: Kā izskatās pusaudžu grūtniecība Latīņamerikā
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.
dzīvo pusaudžu vecuma mātes.
kad piedzimu es,
a teenage mother when she was 16.
16 gadu vecumā.
myself and my origins.
dzemdē pirms 18 gadu vecuma.
in Latin America
pusaudžu grūtniecības rādītāji
sexually active adolescents
seksuāli aktīvā jauniete
of 12 to 19 years old.
is not just about young pregnancies.
nav tikai jaunas grūtnieces.
and economic violence.
un ekonomiska vardarbība.
before they are 18
pirms 18 gadu vecuma,
standard of living.
izglītībai un veselības aprūpei
to education and health care
among teen pregnancies.
raksturīgi elementi.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
pirms 16 gadu vecuma,
increases fourfold
iegūt statusu un cieņu.
in her community.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
kas jaunākas par 18 gadiem,
tāda bija arī mana māte.
between father and child,
starp tēvu un bērnu,
to educate boys differently
send boys to school but not girls.
zēnus, bet meitenes ne.
heightened the gender equity gap
rādītāju saglabāšanās
un tradicionālo lomu tālāku pastāvēšanu.
of traditional roles.
equal opportunities to girls,
līdzvērtīgas iespējas,
apburtā loka pārtraukšanai.
between the ages of 10 to 14
vecumā no 10 līdz 14 gadiem
for men twice their age.
divtik vecākiem vīriešiem.
incestu un seksuālu izmantošanu.
abuse by her father,
she has butterflies in her hair,
to portray this mother with dignity.
šo māti portretēt cieņpilni.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
kas jaunākas par 15 gadiem,
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
sociālā un kulturālā nevienlīdzība,
further increases this divide.
šo plaisu paplašina vēl vairāk.
to being part of the solution
and emphatically
kas kategoriski un empātiski
for boys and girls become similar,
dzīves projekti kļūs līdzīgi,
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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