the only female speaker

to speak was probably the one whom I empathised with the most. She spoke of PNG as a democratic society where there was a silent minority which was not being heard. The silent minority of students was not being heard on campus. Women students needed to be listened to as well she said.
I empathised with her but I was equally impressed with all the student speakers. Tok Pisin seems to have a particular way of expressing emotion whether the emotion is calming or strident and urging. "Yu mas toktok na yu mas harim" can be intoned as a strident urging rallying cry but equally it can be intonated as a soft call to reason.
This 3rd world country with such impressive new generation leaders. PNG and other Non-aligned countries who have just met in Cuba. Your turn will come as the 1st World becomes the Old World - tired, worn out and lazy - still trying to use yesterday's weapons of force on post-modern man's weapon of reason. Congratulations for the excitement your young students encourage me with.