Prepared to support the efforts of a series of international conferences on the economic and social status of women, this report focuses on Latin American and Caribbean issues and reviews conference directives and goals. Calling attention to the difficulties relating to the evaluation of the status of women, the report mentions the political and social changes which have occurred in the region and which make the situation more complicated. The indicators that are available concerning achievements made by women during the past decades are reviewed. The report discusses the main obstacles to the integration of women, reviews some aspects of planning and social policies, and makes some remarks on the future, including the possible updating of the Regional Plan of Action on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean. (SY)