Nyadol Nyuon
Nyadol Nyuon is a lawyer, human rights advocate and Care Australia ambassador.
After 20 years, I finally returned to the Kenyan refugee camp I’d left for a new life
I went from being a 17-year-old who appreciated a glass of water to a clichéd Melburnian coffee snob who needs three cups a day.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
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Opinion
International Women's Day
‘I’m proof that investing in women has a lasting, positive impact on society’
An educated woman is less likely to die in childbirth, more likely to have healthy babies and has a better chance of earning an income.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Vaccination
Anti-vaxxers hide privilege behind language of oppression
It is difficult to have empathy for those who claim they are now an oppressed class because of their decision to not be vaccinated.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Matthew Guy
‘Brutal, dehumanising’: African community remembers Liberal campaign
The scars left by Matthew Guy’s 2018 “law and order” election campaign targeting African youths are still raw.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Tokyo Olympics
Bol’s bolt a bridge for a nation
This Wednesday, Peter Bol competes for gold. And many people across Australia, including my family and I, will be cheering him on.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Go deeper and find the narrative for survival during difficult times
Reading and writing has helped one woman gain control when the pandemic and lockdowns has sometimes forced us to give it up.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Racism
A verdict brings tears of relief – and a challenge to us all
I have a son, a black son. If my son called out to me in such pain, I am not sure there is any justice that could plaster together the pieces of my broken self.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Diversity
Panic over cancel culture really about the perceived loss of power
In the case of those protesting against ‘cancel culture’ , the rejection by the less powerful to perform their assigned roles is the real source of tension.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Racism
‘Go back to your s---hole country’: the high cost of standing out, speaking up
For the first time, misogyny is getting the attention it deserves; it will be a long time before racism gets the same attention.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Opinion
Racism
Australia on the brink of deciding what it can become
What this country decides to do now, in the face of the turmoils across the world and at home, will become the legacy, and the inheritance for the future.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/nyadol-nyuon-p4yw6h