PUTRAJAYA (Jan 17): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said any nation will not progress and succeed if the role of women is ignored in the process of national development.

All this while, many nations did not show their commitment to empower the women folk but they have realised that if the women were ignored the nation concerned could not possibly achieve success.

Speaking at the launching of the logo and brand for Empowering Women Year 2018 (TMW2018) here today, Najib said the government under his leadership was committed to empower women so that this group would get more opportunities, wider knowledge and more comprehensive involvement in the decision-making process whether in the public or private sector.

"As a government, we are determined to constantly elevate the role and dignity of the women in the country. Our record is most impressive in this regard but we are still not satisfied (with this achievement).

"What more in the globalisation era and the 4.0 Industrial Revolution, so the role of women is becoming more important,” he said.