What @NyadolNyuon has achieved in her 33 years is extraordinary. She was born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, separated from her mother at a young age and was raised in a refugee camp in Kenya with 90,000 displaced Africans.

She resettled in Australia with her family as a refugee at age 18. She completed her VCE and then a Bachelor of Arts before being accepted into Melbourne Law School.

She is now a commercial litigator with a prestigious Melbourne law firm.

She is also an award-winning advocate for human rights & multiculturalism, an accomplished & compelling public speaker, a mum of two & a prolific media commentator and writer.

It is perfectly & miserably predictable that she would be so regularly & so mercilessly trolled.

Women of colour with the audacity to speak up in Australia can expect nothing less than being flooded with abuse, harassment and threats, so often drenched in racism and misogyny. But it is vile and unacceptable.

We can all help to combat this. Aside from reporting abuse on social media you can follow Nyadol. You can read her work. Listen to her words. Share her work. Ask everyone you know to do the same.

Her voice and work are not luxuries we can afford to lose. https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/nyadol-nyuon-is-a-lawyer-a-former-refugee-an-incredible-advocate/