Charmaine Pereira
Nigeria
I call myself a feminist because I work towards a world where women are liberated from
misogyny, exploitation and subordination and where men are liberated from the desire to
dominate women.
I currently live in Abuja, Nigeria where I am an independent researcher
working on issues of sexuality and women’s empowerment, feminist thought
and practice, and women’s relations to the state. As Co-ordinator of the Initiative
for Women’s Studies in Nigeria (IWSN), I’ve raised funds for and overseen
action research on the politics of sexual harassment and sexual violence in
six Nigerian universities, and on women’s experiences of citizenship. I have
been involve B