Exclusive: Melbourne lawyer, human rights advocate and former refugee Nyadol Nyuon has been appointed the new chair of Australia’s migrant and refugee women’s coalition, Harmony Alliance.
“I do think how racism is used … falls into that larger business model of using controversy and rage to draw attention, and for clicks,” she says. “But what I think is changing, and what I see in Victoria, is that the narrative has been so overplayed that a lot of people aren't falling for it.”
“I think what occurs when people feel attacked is that sometimes they fight back. And people are fighting back through political engagement,” Ms Nyuon says. Ms Nyuon hopes to work with the team on achieving three key goals, one being improving digital literacy among migrant women, an issue that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. She says migrant women have fallen through the cracks due to the means by which governments have communicated public health messaging and as many of its services transition online.
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