Summary The present report was prepared in accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2013/235 . It provides a summary of the recent activities undertaken by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics under the umbrella of the Global Gender Statistics Programme , including the online dissemination of the minimum set of gender indicators and the implementation of the Evidence and Data for Gender Equality Initiative , jointly executed by the Statistics Division and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN-Women ) .