Najib: Women can be a driving force

KUALA LUMPUR: Women can play a leading role in countries that want to build sustainable and successful economies, says Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

He said an improved representation of women would not only provide better decision-making, but would also help open up talent reserves that too often had been left untapped.

“Advancing economic opportunities for women is the right thing to do,” the Prime Minister said at the opening of the Global Summit of Women 2013 here yesterday.

Najib said a country's success and stature should be gauged by the status it accorded its women. Malaysia's women, he said, had been given the right to vote since 1957 and had earned equal wages since 1969.