According to the last official Nigerian census in 2006, women comprised almost half of the then 140 million populace at 68.3 million. Updated figures for 2009 put the headcount in Africa’s most populous, as well most densely populated nation, at 148 million1. Allowing for applicable variables, it would be logical to assume that the female population has grown correspondingly in the period, were it not for another set of disturbing statistics. Poverty is a denial to basic human needs. It is a sense of powerlessness and helplessness in life. Poverty is measured based on estimated minimum required income/consumption levels. Sometimes you may come across situations when you need to find someone urgently. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack if you do not have anything much to go from. You may just know that person’s earlier address or social security number and you want to find him. Often called ” the designer’s designer,” Cuban-born Isabel Toledo was little known outside fashion’s inner sanctum until First Lady Michelle Obama selected her shift dress and coat for the January Inauguration Ceremony. Last week in NYC, I visited The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) for an exhibition of Isabel’s work.