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Celestine Nyamu-Musembi
Dr Celestine Nyamu-Musembi is a Kenyan lawyer with a background in legal anthropology. She researches and writes on land relations and gender equity in resource control, accountability of formal and informal institutions of justice and governance at the local level, rights-based approaches to development, and integrating participatory approaches into rights advocacy. She teaches Human Rights and Development and Gender, Politics and the State in Development.
Selected Publications »»
- Crichton, J., Nyamu Musembi, C. and Ngugi, A. (2009) 'Painful Tradeoffs: Intimate-partner Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary RS312, Brighton: IDS
- Crichton, J., Nyamu Musembi, C. and Ngugi, A. (2008) 'Painful Tradeoffs: Intimate-partner Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya', IDS Working Paper 312, Brighton: IDS
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2006) 'Breathing Life into Dead Theories about Property Rights: de Soto and Land Relations in Rural Africa', IDS Working Paper 272, Brighton: IDS
- Nyamu Musembi, C (2006) 'Institutionalising Citizen Participation for Democratic Local Governance: Learning From Missed Opportunities in Kenya'
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2006) 'Corruption and Gender relations: a primer for UNDP’s Democratic Governance Group'
- Nyamu-Musembi, C., Mwambi Mwasaru and Wanza Kioko, (2006) 'Institutionalising Citizen Participation for Democratic Local Governance: Learning from Missed Opportunities in Kenya', IDS Working Paper , Brighton: IDS
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2006) 'Ruling Out Gender Equality? The Post-Cold War Rule of Law Agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa', Third World Quarterly 27.7:1193-1208
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2006) 'From Protest to Proactive Action: Building Institutional Accountability through Struggles for the Right to Housing' in Newell, P. and Wheeler, J. (eds), Rights, Resources and the Politics of Accountability, London: Zed Books
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2005) 'Why a Culture of Active Citizenship Ought to be Cultivated', The Link 2-3
- Cornwall, A. and Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2005) 'Reflections on the Rise of Rights in International Development Discourse', IDS Bulletin 36.1:9-18, Brighton: IDS
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2005) 'Defining Rights from the Roots: Insights from Council Tenants' Struggles in Mombasa, Kenya', IDS Bulletin 36.1:100-109, Brighton: IDS
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2005) 'For or Against Gender Equality? Evaluating Post-Cold War Rule of Law Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa', UNRISD Discussion Paper 7
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2005) 'Gender Justice, Citizenship and Entitlement in sub-Saharan Africa: An Agenda for Applied Research'
- Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2005) 'An Actor-oriented Approach to Rights in Development', IDS Bulletin 36.1:41-51, Brighton: IDS
- Nyamu-Musembi, C, and Cornwall, A (2004) 'What is the Rights Based Approach all about? Perspectives from International Development Agencies', IDS Working Paper 234, Brighton: