Yurika, 27, lives in Pucallpa, a city on the edges of the Amazon rainforest, in Peru. She's a single mother of four children from three fathers. She takes Cyclofem, a once-monthly injectable contraceptive. “I had my first child at 16. In my culture, men are irresponsible. So I protect myself,” she says. In Peru’s Amazon region, 25% of women have their first pregnancy before the age of 18. Suspicions toward birth control methods are deeply rooted in this patriarchal society and reinforced by the Catholic Church and by a campaign to forcibly sterilize indigenous women conducted by president Fujimori between 1996 and 2001. These images are from my project Happy Pills done with @arnaudrobert. Happy Pills is a book published by @delpireandco, a film produced by @intermezzofilms and an exhibition @fermedestilleulsrenens Image 2 Linda Serruchi Murayari, 15, with Adriano Valentin, 1 month old. She has decided to take an injectable contraceptive to be administrated every three months. She does not have a relationship with the father who is 17 years old. Image 3 Ana Cristina Del Aguila Balarezo, 15, with her son Flavio Valentino, 2. She is 7 months pregnant, from a different father. She is not in a relationship with him. She envisions reoccurring to a birth control method, probably an IUD, after the birth. Image 4 Mercy Brito Inuma, 15, with her daughter Nicole, 1 month old. The father is 14 years old and Mercy in not in a relationship with him. She is still in school and has never considered having an abortion. Image 5 On the left Ericka Flavia Zeballos de Bernardi, 15, 4 months pregnant. She envisions reoccurring to contraceptives, probably monthly injections, after the birth. The father of the child is 18 and she does not have a relationship with him. On the right Helen Priscila Tamani, 15, she is 7 months pregnant. She does not live with the father of the child. She would like to have a second child when she will be 20 and does not plan to use contraceptives in the near future. Follow @paolowoods for more stories. #pills #peru #birthcontrol #youngmothers