Cynthia Bendlin is a Paraguayan activist against human trafficking.[1] As of 2008 she is the manager of the International Order for Migration's counter-trafficking information campaign in the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.[2] She has led seminars about how to combat human trafficking in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.[3] Bendlin and her family have faced threats due to her work against human trafficking, and she has been forced to move.[4][5]
Bendlin received a 2008 International Women of Courage Award.[6][1] At the award dinner, she said "This [award] is not for us; it is for all that we are fighting for".[7]
She received the Ruby Prize from the Soroptimist International Millenium Club in 2013.[8]
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- ^ Cynthia Bendlin | International Forum on Women's Right Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine