Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: Como é a gravidez na adolescência na América 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.
de mães adolescentes na América Latina.
a teenage mother when she was 16.
mãe adolescente aos 16 anos.
myself and my origins.
a mim mesmo e minha origens.
com menos de 18 anos
in Latin America
em adolescentes na América Latina
sexually active adolescents
adolescentes sexualmente ativas
of 12 to 19 years old.
is not just about young pregnancies.
não tem a ver só com gravidez precoce.
and economic violence.
psicológica e econômica.
before they are 18
antes dos 18 anos
standard of living.
um padrão de vida adequado.
to education and health care
among teen pregnancies.
entre as adolescentes grávidas.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
com menos de 16 anos engravida,
increases fourfold
por volta dos 20 anos.
in her community.
em sua comunidade.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
com menos de 18 anos são mães solteiras,
between father and child,
entre pai e filho ou filha,
recebe muita atenção.
to educate boys differently
os meninos de outra forma
send boys to school but not girls.
os meninos na escola, mas não as meninas.
heightened the gender equity gap
aumentou a desigualdade de gênero
of traditional roles.
equal opportunities to girls,
oportunidades iguais,
de gravidez na adolescência.
between the ages of 10 to 14
for men twice their age.
com o dobro da idade delas.
abuse by her father,
continuamente por seu pai,
she has butterflies in her hair,
borboletas no cabelo,
to portray this mother with dignity.
retratar esta mãe com dignidade.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
de 15 anos é uma tendência crescente,
countries in the world.
em desenvolvimento no mundo.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
desigualdades sociais e culturais,
further increases this divide.
aumenta ainda mais essa divisão.
a ser parte da solução,
to being part of the solution
que implícita e enfaticamente
and emphatically
para as meninas.
for boys and girls become similar,
para meninos e meninas forem similares,
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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