Cynthia Bendlin is a Paraguayan activist against

human trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...

. 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. She has led seminars about how to combat

in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Bendlin and her family have faced threats due to her work against human trafficking, and she has been forced to move. Bendlin received a 2008

International Women of Courage Award The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have ...

. At the award dinner, she stated, “This

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is not for us; it is for all that we are fighting for.” She also received the Ruby Prize from the

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International Millenium Club in 2013.Cynthia Bendlin , International Forum on Women's Right

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