%0 Journal Article %T Embarazo adolescente en el noroeste de M¨¦xico: entre la tradici¨®n y la modernidad %A N¨²£¿ez Noriega %A Guillermo %A Ayala Valenzuela %A Deisy Judith %J Culturales %D 2012 %I Universidad Aut¨®noma de Baja California %X we present the results of a research aimed to understand the conceptions, values, and attitudes about teen pregnancy, as well as discriminatory practices against pregnant teen-agers, and their impact on their self-esteem and life. mexico. we conclude that discriminatory practices in this rural community are the results of a set of contradictory traditional and modern conceptions, values, attitudes and expectations the community has on teen-agers women, on their sexuality, their generation and their gender identity. finally, we think that this research illuminate the socio-cultural transformation of rural northern mexico nowadays. %K gender %K adolescense pregnancy %K discrimination %K rural communities %K mexican northern. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1870-11912012000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en