Nyadol Nyuon

Ministerial Appointed Director (from 1 July 2022) Nyadol Nyuon became Director of Victoria Universitys Sir Zelman Cowen Centre in January 2022, after more than a decade in community development and advocacy. Her work focuses on legal reform, social justice, human rights and multiculturalism. A refugee to Australia, Nyadol went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University and a Juris Doctor at the University of Melbourne, before spending six years in commercial law at Arnold Bloch Lieber. She is a regular media commentator, having appeared on the ABCs The Drum and Q&A; and has written for publications like The Age, Guardian Australia and The Saturday Paper. Nyadol has won several prestigious awards, including the 2019 Victorian Premiers Award for Community Harmony and the 2019 Australian Financial Review Diversity and Inclusion Award, where she was named one of Australias top 11 most influential women. In June 2022, Nyadol received A Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to human rights and refugee women.