the second manual entitled handbook for producing national statistical reports on women and men was published by the united nations in this manual provided guidance in producing genderfocused analytical publications and integrated data analysis and data presentation for a series of subjectmatter topics related to gender after beijing a great deal of the work on gender statistics developed by global and regional agencies has focused on producing gender indicators perhaps for two reasons first there has been a need to monitor at the global and regional levels countries progress in achieving gender equality goals