Born: 1991 or 1992, South Sudan
Died: NA
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
The following is republished with permission from the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
Akuch is an academic researcher at Latrobe University, completing her PhD on the impact of family violence intervention orders on South-Sudanese Victorians.
She is also an advocate, author and emerging community leader. She combines lived experience, academic knowledge, and a fierce intellect to pursue system change.
Akuch’s accomplishments are numerous, spanning the domains of social justice for women, court accessibility for African-Australian women, pre- and post-settlement challenges of African-Australians from refugee backgrounds, and educating mainstream service providers delivering trauma-informed culturally responsive workshops on the needs of South-Sudanese women who experience family violence.