assigned work: Brasil: Joven Mãe

Karla, 17 years old, and her daughter Maria Clara wait for the start of a workshop for young mothers at AA Criança (Assoçião de Apoio as Meninas e Mininos da Regiåo Sé) in the Sé area of downtown São Paulo. São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
A life-size diagram of the female reproductive system, made by the participants of a workshop for young mothers at AA Criança (Assoçião de Apoio as Meninas e Mininos da Regiåo Sé).São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
Nadia, 21 years old, with her four year-old son Juan Victor. Nadia is two months pregnant with her second child.Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
     
  
A 15 year-old mother and her baby attend a weekly workshop for young mothers provided by Centro de Estudos e Ação Excola, a local organization that works to empower women and children living in the streets and favelas of Rio de Janeiro to make long-term positive changes in their lives. This week they are meeting with a lawyer who specializes in the rights of children and adolescents.Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2009.
   
An apartment building in Luz, a neighborhood in central São Paulo. This building is in an area known as "cracklandia" because of the rampant drug use taking place in the streets.São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
Flavia, 20 years old, is nine months pregnant with her second child. Her son Eduardo is six years old. She lives in Luz.São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
     
  
Thieres, 14 years old, sits on a couch with her baby and a friend's baby during a workshop for teenage mothers at AA Criança (Assoçião de Apoio as Meninas e Mininos da Regiåo Sé).São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
A child in Vigário Geral, a large favela on the flats of the marginal Zona Norte of Rio de Janeiro.Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
   
A 15 year-old mother and her baby. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2009.
     
  
Flavia lives with her three sisters, their five children, two of their husbands and their 49 year-old mother in Luz, a neighborhood in central São Paulo. The building they live in houses 24 families, each family in one room, all sharing a couple communal kitchens and bathrooms.São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
Marye, in her mid-thirties, has ten children. Her oldest is in his early twenties. The youngest is the baby, Yasmin. Marye has a very hard time caring for all her children, none of whom are currently attending school.São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
     
  
Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
   
Luana and Nadia.Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
   
São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
     
  
A diagram depicting sexual abuse made by a particpant in a conflict resolution workshop for teenagers at AA Criança (Assoçião de Apoio as Meninas e Mininos da Regiåo Sé).São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
Participants in a workshop for teenage mothers at AA Criança (Assoçião de Apoio as Meninas e Mininos da Regiåo Sé).São Paulo, Brasil, 2009.
   
The babies of the girls particpating in a workshop for teenage mothers at AA Criança (Assoçião de Apoio as Meninas e Mininos da Regiåo Sé).São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
     
  
Sabrina, nine years old, is one of Marye's children. São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
Nadia, Luana and João Pedro on the steps of the Espiritu Chuch they attend. Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
   
Espiritu.Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
     
  
Luana, 19 years old, with her three year-old son João Pedro.Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
   
Marye lives in one room with seven of her ten children.São Paulo, Brasil 2009.
   
Nadia and her mother.Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
     
  
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2009.
   
Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
   
Luana's family.Vigário Geral, Brasil 2009.
     
  
Ana Paula, 17 years old, with her daughter Agatha.São Paulo, Brasil 2009.