Nyadol Nyuon OAM began her position as Director of the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre in January 2022, after more than a decade as a highly respected community advocate focusing on legal reform, social justice, human rights and multiculturalism.
She has a particular interest in advocating for people with refugee experiences and those seeking asylum. She is Chair of the Harmony Alliance, and a prominent media commentator.
Nyadol was born in a refugee camp in Itang, Ethiopia, and raised in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. In 2005, at the age of 18, she moved to Australia as a refugee before commencing a Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University and completing her Juris Doctor at the University of Melbourne. Nyadol spent five years working as a commercial lawyer at Arnold Bloch Leibler in Melbourne.
In 2020 she delivered a trailblazing address at the National Press Club calling for a revolutionary re-imagining of multiculturalism in Australia and calling out prejudice.
She is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Award for Community Harmony and the 2019 Australian Financial Review (AFR) Diversity and Inclusion Award. In 2019, she was named as one of the top 11 most influential women in Australia by the Australian Financial Review.
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