Akosua Adubea Agyepong (on screen), a youth representative from Ghana, speaks in a video message at a high-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 21, 2020. Akosua Adubea Agyepong on Monday said that addressing the issues of gender equality begins with addressing the issues of women's leadership and representation. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- A youth reprentative attending a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting on Monday said that addressing the issues of gender equality begins with addressing the issues of women's leadership and representation.

"The world has for centuries dealt with the silent pandemic of sexual and gender based violence," Akosua Adubea Agyepong coming from Ghana said in a video message at the UNGA ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.

"The General Assembly called for the achievement of fifty fifty gender parity within the United Nations, and I must commend the exemplary leadership of the Secretary-General in achieving parity," she said.

"The world needs the ingenuity, innovation, energy, and leadership of young people," she added. Enditem