As the UN Reform process proceeds, poverty has grown rather than lessened in much of the developing world, and as AIDS spreads, it is becoming a “women's disease”. These and many other pressing global issues are women's concerns. In this context, women need more space, not less, and more influence in the UN. What “architecture” must be designed or reinforced within the complex system that is the United Nations if we are to reach our agreed goal - both institutional and individual space - to effectively promote women's opportunities worldwide for greater freedom and wellbeing, side by side with men?