AVReQ is pleased to invite you to the launch of Dr Akuch Kuol Anyieth’s book, Decolonising Family Violence: Legal Intervention Orders in African-Australian Communities.

This book explores experiences of Family Violence Intervention Orders (FVIOs) in African-Australian communities in Victoria through an intersectional, decolonial lens. It critiques the limits of FVIOs, showing how culture, migration, gender, and exclusion shape experiences of violence and access to justice. Centring lived experiences, it calls for culturally grounded and context-specific approaches to safety and repair.

Professor Anthony Collins from La Trobe University, Australia will feature in the discussion as a respondent.

Akuch Anyieth

Akuch Kuol Anyieth is a crime, justice, and legal scholar. Dr Anyieth brings over a decade of experience in various facets of social and criminal justice, academia, policy, and advocacy. Among her qualifications, Dr Anyieth holds a Bachelor of Legal Studies from La Trobe University, a Master of Justice and Criminology from RMIT University, a second Master’s degree in family violence research, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law and Society from La Trobe University, a qualified Trauma-Informed Coach, and completed yearlong governance and political training at The University of Melbourne, Victoria. Her PhD thesis title Decolonising Family Violence Intervention Orders in the South Sudanese-Australian Community in Victoria was awarded The Nancy Millis Medal. Dr Anyieth has collaborated with numerous communities in Australia, as well as government and non-governmental agencies. She has authored peer-reviewed academic journal articles and books covering topics such as violence, family violence, masculinity, law and order, trauma, and social reforms. She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students’ various humanities and criminal justice subjects and is open to PhD, Masters, and Honours students’ supervision.

Anthony Collins

Anthony Collins is an interdisciplinary social analyst whose work explores violence and social justice. They were previously Associate Professor at Rhodes and Professor at DUT, and are currently based in the Dept La Trobe University, Australia. They are currently worrying about how systems of violence are reproduced across history and society, how certain ideas of violence can be used to undermine human rights, and about the kinds of harm that remain hidden and unrecognised in current discussions.

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