Laurie Kazan-Allen wins the 3rd Rachel Lee Jung-Lim Award

December 21, 2013 in Latest News

Article: Tribute to Korean Mesothelioma Victim by Yeyong Choi

Dec 21, is the 2nd memorial day anniversary of Rachel. Rachel LEE Jung-Lim was a patient of mesothelioma and asbestos campaigner. Rachel LEE Jung-Lim Award is being awarded since 2011 in memory of her life and her wishes for a  global asbestos ban.

This year 2013 Rachel LEE Jung-Lim Award is being awarded to Laurie Kazan-Allen coordinator of the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat

Laurie Kazan-Allen has devoted herself to the campaign of global asbestos ban over 14 years with the establishment of International Ban Asbestos Secretariat in 2000. In doing so, she was one of the first to raise the issue of increased asbestos consumption in developing countries, particularly in Asia, whilst most western societies have banned or reduced.

She has been the key person of global campaigns both as an activist and also as an expert. As an activist, her soul has rested always with victims and through recognizing, organizing, and supporting victims she contributed a lot to the launching and strengthening civil movements in many developed and developing countries. Without her, it would have been impossible to launch Ban Asbestos Network Korea in 2008, Asia Ban Asbestos network in 2009, and Indonesia Ban Asbestos Network in 2010.

As an expert, she has enlightened us by providing her life-long perspectives on where we have been and where we are heading. In addition to the guest-editor role of special edition on Asbestos issue of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health in 2003 and 2004, she has published ever most compelling field reports about India, Asia and Eternit.

Her life has been a role model to many activists as well as experts.

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21 Dec 2013

Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health

School of Public Health Seoul National University

Ban Asbestos Network Korea

Korean Association of Asbestos Victims and their Families

Asia Ban Asbestos Network

Ban Asbestos Network Japan

Asia Monitor Resource Center

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