The role of women in leadership should be determined by merit and not by gender, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.

He said if someone is qualified for a job, regardless of whether they are a man or a woman, that individual deserves the responsibility, and merit must come first.

“The level of society must be able to accept a woman as leader. You know, there is a bias here.

“To accept a woman as a leader, you break that hurdle, then it is no longer gender bias, and it depends on the performance of that individual,” he said.

He said this during the Leading ASEAN Sustainability and Digitalisation Session at the ASEAN Women Economic Summit (AWES) today.

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