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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Coordinating Staff of the Project Latin American Women in Numbers wishes to acknowledge the support provided by the following organizations: ¢ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC. ¢ Regional Program for Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean, PREALC. e United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF. ¢ United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. ¢ Pan-American Health Organization, PAHO. ¢ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. ¢ Women’s Regional Center for Data Search and Retrieval, CIM, Inter-American Committee of Women, OAS. ¢ Swedish International Development Authority, SIDA. ¢ Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA. ¢ United Nations Fund for the Advancement of Women, UNIFEM. ¢ United Nations Fund tor Population Activities, UNFPA. ¢ [sis International ¢ Mujer Fempress An a specially the help of: ¢ All the local researchers and participating institutions. ¢ Cristina Alberdi, Minister of Social Affairs, Spain. ¢ Matilde Fernandez, former Minister of Social Affairs, Spain. ¢ All the members of the Instituto de la Mujer attached to the Ministrv of Social Affairs of Spain, who have granted their support, since 1990, thereby making it possible to accomplish the Collection: ¢ Marina Subirats, Director. ¢ Maria Jose Montero, Principal Private Secretary of Foreign Aftairs. ¢ Pilar Gonzalez, Head of the Bureau tor Relations with Latin America. ¢ Carmen Martinez Ten, tormer Director. ¢ Purificacion Gutiérrez, former Director. ¢ Delia Blanco, former Principal Private Secretary of Foreign Affairs. ¢ Isabel Pastor, former Principal Private Secretary of Foreign Affairs. ¢ Matilde Vazquez, former Assistant Director of Studies and Documentation. ¢ Edelberto Torres Rivas, tormer Secretary General, FLACSO Regional Offices. ¢ Norbert Lechner, former Director, FLACSO-Chile. ¢ Birgitta Hedman, Statistics Sweden. ¢ Miriam Krawezvk, Women and Development Unit, ECLAC, Chile. ¢ Diane Almeras, Women and Development Unit, ECLAC, Chile. ¢ Trene Kingler, PAHO, Washington, D.C.