PAGADIAN CITY – Police Superintendent
Christine Sorosa-Tan, chief of police of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, encouraged
all women during the weekly PIA forum held on Friday at the Anastacia Pensionne
House in this city to show their talents.
She said several women are now holding top positions in
government and private institutions. “We too, have to show what we can do.
Don’t underestimate (yourself) but show and prove yourself. What men can do,
you can do it also,” Tan pointed out.
“We are equal and, at the same time, we are not
competing with each other but we are complementing one another in everything we
do, because if there are no men, there are no women also,” the lady chief of
police added.
It was learned in said forum that Tan was a recipient
of the Most Outstanding Police Woman award in 2002 in the entire country.
Presently, she is the lone lady chief of police in the
province of Zamboanga del Sur.
In the same forum, 1Lt. Myleen P. Sagadraca,
administrative officer of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics (G4)
of the First Infrantry ‘Tabak’ Division,
Philippine Army(PA) also encouraged all females who want to join the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) “to go ahead and share your individual
potential to the organization and to the people we serve.”
She said “the role of women in the society is important.
So, whatever your role is, be it a mother or as a professional ‘Filipina,’ do
your best.”
Lt. Sagradraca hails from a family of soldiers and a
graduate of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in 2009.
The forum was held in support of this year’s Women’s
Month celebration that carries the theme, “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa
Tuwid na Daan.” (PIA9)
