The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1988) and Millennium Development Goals (2000) promoted better access to education for all girls and boys and to eliminate gender disparities at both primary and secondary level.
聯合國在1988年的《兒童權利公約》及2000年的《千年发展目标》都推動讓女孩和男孩有更好的受教育機會，以減少在小學及中學的性別差距。