Woman of Substance: Ambassador Corazon Yap Bahjin

Posted By Illustrado on Apr 5, 2011

Photo Courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Bahrain   COMMITMENT Ambassador Corazon Yap-Bahjin First Muslim Filipina Ambassador   “Forget that you are a woman; because dignity and humanity has no gender.   Women do not need any special treatment, because we can do it just like everyone else can.” That philosophy might sound quite radical in a world where specific gender roles – male versus female – are still as...