On September 26-27, Nitlapan hosted a two day workshop in Managua, Nicaragua, to discuss barriers to securing gender equitable tenure and territorial rights, share best practices, and strategizes alternatives to overcoming these challenges. Although Latin America leads in global efforts to secure forest and territory rights to local communities, very little has been done to ensure that women are equally benefiting from these gains. The 41 participants in this workshop ? representing 24 organizations and 8 countries ? forged new alliances and promised to work together to scale up efforts on a more gender inclusive approach to collective forest ownership and territories in each of their countries.