In Mali, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held a national workshop on gender, rights and tenure. The workshop gathered rural women from four regions of Mali, representatives from local community organizations, civil society, as well as participants from other countries in Africa to address the rights of women in natural resource management, particularly land and forest tenure. After discussing the major threats and opportunities facing women, both on the legal and practical levels, the participants produced a series of recommendations to serve as the basis for advocacy going forward.