154.  Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answer to this item should be based on the passage only.

A nation or society without the participation of women cannot achieve development. If we eliminate gender discrimination women will deliver all the potentials. Knowledge to develop the family the nation and the world. As former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has stated - Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is precondition for meeting the challenges of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.