Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
Christian Rodríguez: Latin Amerika'daki genç gebeliği nasıl görünüyor
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.
yaşamlarını belgelendirdim.
bir annenin oğluyum
a teenage mother when she was 16.
daha iyi anlamak için
myself and my origins.
in Latin America
sexually active adolescents
iki ergenden neredeyse biri,
of 12 to 19 years old.
hamile kalmaktadır.
is not just about young pregnancies.
hamile kalmayla da sınırlı değildir.
and economic violence.
ekonomik şiddetin de göstergesidir.
before they are 18
hamile kalan kız çocukları,
standard of living.
standartlarına erişmektedir.
to education and health care
erişimin sınırlılığı,
among teen pregnancies.
gets pregnant before she is 16,
16 yaşından önce hamile kalmışsa
increases fourfold
20'lerindeki bir kadına göre
in her community.
under the age of 18 are single mothers,
büyük bir yüzdesi,
bekar annelerden oluşmaktadır.
between father and child,
odaklanmaya başladım,
to educate boys differently
send boys to school but not girls.
erkekleri okula göndermektedirler.
heightened the gender equity gap
cinsiyet eşitliliğinin arasını açmış
of traditional roles.
sürdürmüştür.
equal opportunities to girls,
yararlanmalarına izin verirsek,
kırılmasının kilit noktasıdır.
between the ages of 10 to 14
hamile kalan kızlar
for men twice their age.
kolayca avı haline gelebilirler.
abuse by her father,
yaşlarındaki kardeşlerine de
she has butterflies in her hair,
hayat bulmanın simgesi olarak,
to portray this mother with dignity.
tasvir etmek oldukça önemlidir.
younger than 15 is a growing trend,
giderek artan bir eğilim gösteriyor.
countries in the world.
by bad social and cultural inequalities,
kültürel eşitsizliklerle lekelendi
further increases this divide.
to being part of the solution
and emphatically
vaat ediyorum.
for boys and girls become similar,
benzer hale geldiği gün,
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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