This document contains a systematized inventory of the measures relating to the legal and social status of women adopted in various regional and world forums. The inventory was used to study the legal situation of Latin American and Caribbean women, defined according to the resolutions and mandates of the United Nations system. Organized by forum and in chronological order, the first part includes a summary of the resolutions (conventions, recommendations, declarations and resolutions) dealing with the legal situation of women, while the second summarizes the information included in the Plans of Action referring to the subject. The measures included were selected from the following forums: United Nations General Assembly; Economic and Social Council; International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran, Iran, 1968); World Conference of the International Women's Year (Mexico City, Mexico, 1975); World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development, and Peace (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1980); Second Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America (Macuto, Venezuela, 1979); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (1979); International Labour Organisation; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and First Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development (Havana, Cuba, 1977). Subject and code indexes are provided. (SY)