Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: Hoe tienerzwangerschappen eruitzien in Latijns-Amerika
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.
in Latijns-Amerika vastgelegd.
a teenage mother when she was 16.
toen ze 16 was.
myself and my origins.
beter te leren begrijpen.
van onder de 18 een kind.
in Latin America
in Latijns-Amerika
sexually active adolescents
die seksueel actief zijn,
tussen hun 12e en 19e levensjaar.
of 12 to 19 years old.
is not just about young pregnancies.
over jong moeder worden.
and economic violence.
en economisch geweld.
before they are 18
voor ze 18 jaar oud zijn
standard of living.
to education and health care
en gezondheidszorg
among teen pregnancies.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
zwanger wordt voor ze 16 jaar is,
bij de bevalling viermaal zo hoog
increases fourfold
voor een tienermoeder.
in her community.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
zijn alleenstaande moeders,
between father and child,
de vader-kind relatie,
to educate boys differently
send boys to school but not girls.
school gaan, en hun dochters niet.
heightened the gender equity gap
inkomstenverschillen tussen de seksen
of traditional roles.
van de traditionele rolverdeling.
equal opportunities to girls,
kansen krijgen als jongens
van tienerzwangerschappen
between the ages of 10 to 14
op een leeftijd tussen de 10 en 14
for men twice their age.
voor oudere mannen.
12 jaar oud was,
abuse by her father,
misbruik door haar vader,
she has butterflies in her hair,
vlinders in haar haar
to portray this mother with dignity.
af te beelden met waardigheid.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
komen steeds meer voor,
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
sociale en culturele ongelijkheid,
further increases this divide.
vergroten deze verschillen.
to being part of the solution
and emphatically
impliciet en nadrukkelijk
for boys and girls become similar,
voor jongens en meisjes hetzelfde zijn,
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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