Cynthia Maung

Cynthia Maung ( ; born 6 December 1959) is a Karen medical doctor and founder of Mae Tao Clinic that has been providing free healthcare services for internally displaced persons (IDP) and migrant workers on the Thai-Burmese border for three decades.

Maung received Southeast Asia's Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership and she was listed as one of 2003 Time magazine's Asian Heroes. Altogether she has received six international awards for her work. In 1999, she was the first recipient of the Jonathan Mann Award, sponsored by Swiss and US health organisations.

Early life and education Cynthia Maung was born to ethnic Karen parents Mahn Nyein Maung and Hla Kyi in Rangoon. Awards 2018 - UNDP's N-Peace Award 2018 - Roux Prize 2013 - Sydney Peace Prize 2012 - National Endowment for Democracy's 2012 Democracy Award 2009 - Inspiration Model Award from "Khon Khon Khon", Thai Television Programme 2008 - Catalonia International Prize along with Aung San Suu Kyi 2007 - Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award (Taiwan Foundation for Democracy) 2007 - World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child Honorary Award (Children's World Association, Sweden) 2005 - Nominated as part of the 1,000 Women Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2005 - Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award from the Dalai Lama and Wisdom in Action 2005 - The Eighth Global Concern for Human Life Award 2005 - Included in Time November article on 18 Global Health Heroes 2002 - Magsaysay Award for community leadership 2001 - Foundation for Human Rights in Asia Special Award 2001 - Van Heuven Goedhart Award 1999 - Jonathan Mann Health and Human Rights Award 1999 - American Women's Medical Association President's Award 1999 - John Humphrey Freedom Award

Family Cynthia Maung has been married to Kyaw Hein since 1992. Together, they have four children, two of whom were adopted.

Research

"Community-based assessment of human rights in a complex humanitarian emergency: the Emergency Assistance Teams-Burma and Cyclone Nargis" by Voravit Suwanvanichkij, Noriyuki Murakamil, Catherine I Lee, Jen Leigh, Andrea L Wirtz, Brock Daniels, Mahn Mahn, Cynthia Maung and Chris Beyrer: http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/4/1/8 "Mobile Obstetrics Project Improves Health of Mothers in Eastern Burma" Mullany et al., (August 2010): http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/mullany_burma_mom_project.html "After the Storm: Voices from the Delta" by Voravit Suwanvanichkij, Mahn Mahn, Cynthia Maung, Brock Daniels, Noriyuki Murakami, Andrea Wirtz and Chris Beyrer (February 2009) https://web.archive.org/web/20110429185734/http://www.jhsph.edu/humanrights/locations/asia/BurmaCyclone.html "Access To Essential Maternal Health Interventions and Human Rights Violations among Vulnerable Communities in Eastern Burma" by Luke C. Mullany, Catherine I. Lee, Lin Yone, Palae Paw, Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, Cynthia Maung, Thomas J. Lee and Chris Beyrer (December 2008): http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/Access_To_Essential_Maternal_Health.pdf "Working our Way Back Home: Fertility and Pregnancy Loss on the Thai-Burmese Border" by Cynthia Maung and Suzanne Belton (December 2005) http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs3/OurWay.pdf