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Which best describes why gender equality is an important factor influencing development?

Gender equality ensures that everyone has identical opportunities.

Gender equality enables women to control a country's future.

Gender equality prevents women from being disadvantaged.

Gender equality means that everyone can contribute to development.

The answer is "Gender equality ensures that everyone has identical opportunities."

Explanation:

The answer can be best reflected if you know the meaning of gender equality itself. "Gender equality" is all about equal opportunities and rights to access for example, education, resources and other things. This means that both men and women (including other genders) have equal rights. "Identical opportunities" means everyone has an equal access to education, employment, benefits, etc. For example, both man and woman can be hired as a manager of a company or both genders can also receive the same amount of salary (if they have the same position). This allows equality where none of the genders are at a disadvantage than the other.