The influential role of gender equality on economic growth is most directly illustrated in the participation of women in the labor force. When women are not involved in the workforce only part of the able workforce is being utilized and thus economic resources are wasted. Gender equality allows for an increase in women in the working sector thereby leading to an expansion of the labor force and an increase in economic productivity. The increasing contribution of women to the gross domestic product GDP as well as to the economic growth of country proving that an increase in female participation in the workforce undoubtedly will create economic growth.