November 20th marks the day that the United Nations Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Right of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.
Children and teachers from all the schools in Madang town gathered at the Provincial Government Offices where we rallied to begin our march.
We marched through town shouting "Respect Children's Rights!" It was chilling; it was moving. It felt incredible to march through the streets of Papua New Guinea to take a stand against corporal punishment.
Seeing these children's faces and hearing their voices crying out to their community moved me to tears.
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