Coming out of lurkdom, to share the news that one of the great
friends of breastfeeding is to receive an award, and those of you who
have had the privilege of meeting Anwar Fazal, Founder and Chairman
Emeritus of WABA, and former Founder of IBFAN, may want to
know. Pasted below is the message giving the news.
Pamela Morrison IBCLC
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Dear friends
We are happy to share the good news with you on Anwar Fazal, WABA's
Chairperson Emeritus, being conferred the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Peace Award.
Below is the write-up on this award.
Please feel free to send your messages directly to Anwar at his yahoo
email account.
With warmest regards
Susan Siew
Co-director
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The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global
network of individuals and organisations concerned with the
protection, promotion and
support of breastfeeding worldwide based on the Innocenti
Declaration, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the
WHO/UNICEF Global Strategy for
Infant and Young Child Feeding. Its core partners are International
Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), La Leche League International (LLLI),
International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), Wellstart
International, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) and LINKAGES. WABA is
in consultative status with UNICEF and an NGO in Special Consultative
Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
WABA, PO Box 1200, 10850 Penang, Malaysia
Tel: 604-658 4816 Fax: 604-657 2655
Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
Website:www.waba.org.my
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MALAYSIAN ACTIVIST TO RECEIVE GANDHI-KING-IKEDA PEACE AWARD
Anwar Fazal, a leading Malaysian civil society activist, has been
awarded the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Peace Award from Morehouse College, a
leading Black
American University in Atlanta, Alabama. The Civil Rights activist
Rev. Martin Luther King jr. was an alumni of the college, which also holds his
archives. The citation described that the award was for Anwar's
"innovations and tireless endeavours to advocate for the welfare of
consumers and the protection of the environment not only
in Malaysia, but throughout the world." Anwar was described as "a
giant in the effort to
preserve the health and well being of the inhabitants of our planet."
Anwar Fazal was a former President of Consumers International and a
key founder of several global citizens network around hazardous substances,
consumer rights and public health, eg. Pesticides Action Network
(PAN), Health Action International (HAI), International Baby Food Action
Network(IBFAN) and World Alliance of Breastfeeding Action (WABA). He
currently chairs the Taiping Peace Initiative, the Malaysian Interfaith
Network and is a Director of Citizens International.
This prestigious award was created to celebrate the lives and work of
three men from three different cultures and countries has been
recognised internationally.
Mohandas Gandhi's civil disobedience and non-violent demonstrations
won greater freedom and ultimately independence for 400 million citizens of
India after three centuries of British rule. Dr. Martin Luther King's
commitment to peace and justice inspired the American movement for
civil and human rights, giving voice to the hopes and dreams of the
dispossessed throughout the world. Dr. Daisaku Ikeda's work as a
leading Buddhist philosopher, author, educator,
humanist, founder and social activist has led to the non-violent
democratisation of Japan's feudalistic social structures
intercultural and interfaith dialogue and cooperation for global peace.
The award will be conferred upon Anwar Fazal for his "prolific work
to protect the health and welfare of consumers worldwide" and also for his
endeavours to promote social ethics, human rights and environmental
protection." He was described as having "wonderfully embodied the noble
virtues of the individuals for which this award was named."
Anwar Fazal will be conferred the award on 21 October in Penang,
Malaysia by Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter Sr., Dean, Professor of
Religion, and College Curator and Founder, Gandhi Institute for Reconciliation.
For further information:
* Anwar Fazal <http://www.anwarfazal.net>www.anwarfazal.net
* Morehouse College
<http://www.morehouse.ed/aboutmc/chapel/index.html>www.morehouse.ed/aboutmc/chapel/index.html
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