in 2004, charmaine pereira co-edited "jacketed women: qualitative research methodologies on sexualities and gender in africa" with jane bennett. pereira has a phd in psychology of education from the open university, milton keynes, uk. pereira teaches in the sociology department at ahmadu bello university, zaria, nigeria. pereira’s work explores the challenges that a researcher encounters when interrogating the intersectionality of culture, gender, sexuality, law, and religion.