More organizational thoughts: maybe we should have three sections?
1. General research resources about women in the economies of developing nations, including Latin America (e.g. UN sites)
2. Nonprofit organizations providing development assistance (both specific and general) to women in Latin America
3. Examples of women’s cooperatives (and the like) in Latin America
Also, I've done one annotation, how does it sound? Does this look like what you were thinking? Let me know what you think.
Maryknoll Lay Missioners – http://laymissioners.maryknoll.org/ (I'll do the complete citation later)
Maryknoll Lay Missioners is the lay (non-clergy) branch of Maryknoll, a Catholic missionary group based in New York State. Maryknoll is a nonprofit organization supported entirely by donations. They send over 120 missioners to countries around the world to work in their programs on Civil & Human Rights, Economic Development, Education, Environment, and Healthcare. The Latin American countries they serve are Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
The Maryknoll Lay Missioners website presents a brief overview of the organization. The website is easy to navigate and the text is concise and informative. The About Us and Media and Articles pages explain the goals and accomplishments of the organization and missioners. Instructions on donating to the mission are provided in the Donate area of the website. Donors may also register with their name and personal information to access additional features on the website. Information on becoming a missioner, sponsor, and affiliate is located in the Join MKLM section.
More specific information on the programs run by Maryknoll can be found in the Our Work area of the website. Mission details can be viewed in two ways: by program type (under Our Focus Areas), for example, Economic Development, or by geographical region (under Where We Serve), for example, Latin America. Each program or regional page presents a few paragraphs of introductory text followed by a list of missionary projects in that program or region. Clicking a project name pops open a new window with details on the project as well as the missioner affiliated with it.
The Latin America detail page is located at http://laymissioners.maryknoll.org/index.php?module=MKGive&func=regions&id=18. A current project that focuses on women’s economic development is Aymara Women and Girls in Bolivia.
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