We believe that giving both males and females across the world equal opportunities to achieve success, the world at large will benefit greatly. Poverty across countries will be effectively reduced and less developed countries are likely to become more affluent as women are given more chances to make their own contribution to their countries’ economies and in turn the overall standard of living for the entire population will increase. This video we chose clearly illustrates and sums up why we believe that gender equality is indeed extremely important in our world today