The work is the result of a compilation of the main indicators available in regional and international sources. We put them together in order to have an easy and clear way to get to the required information. The work's aim is not to be an exhaustive one. It's format is directed towards those who need to find data in a fast way with a reliable information. 

International pre and post Beijing process strenghtened regional exchange within de feminist and women's movement. In these last five years since 1995, many coordinations and articulations have been created with the objective of monitoring and of following up the commitments adopted by governments. 

Although all these actions have generated many national documents of evaluation, as well as some regional meetings it is yet an incipient movement. The development of these movements aim to debate the integration that goes further than the commercial agreements of MERCOSUR. It also implies - for better or for worst - large changes in women's life. 

To be able to carry out the debate and the actions it is essential to have the appropiate information and to enlarge our sources. That's why in the next issue of the Statistical Profile we commit ourselves to search in our national sources. Governments ought to update the data and add a variable by sex. It is our right as citizens to demand it.