Education
Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984.
Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984.
She is openly lesbian. She contested the 2009 election in the Stuttgart II district, but was unsuccessful.
Alliance "90, The Greens.
From 1988 to 2001 Bender was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Since 2002 Bender has been a member of the Bundestag in Berlin.