Human Rights NGOs in East Africa

Introduction
—Makau Mutua

PART I. DEFINING CHALLENGES TO CIVIL SOCIETY IN EAST AFRICA
Chapter 1. Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges
—Makau Mutua
Chapter 2. To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya
—Betty K. Murungi

PART II. INTERROGATING NGO MANDATES: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND ESC RIGHTS
Chapter 3. Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs
—Sylvia Tamale
Chapter 4. NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective
—Joe Oloka-Onyango
Chapter 5. Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity
—Willy Mutunga
Chapter 6. Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State
—Jacinta K. Muteshi

PART III: DONORS AND GRANTEES: CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES
Chapter 7. Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
—Connie Ngondi-Houghton
Chapter 8. Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya
—Karuti Kanyinga

PART IV STATE/CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS
Chapter 9. State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change
—Livingstone Sewanyana
Chapter 10. Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs
—J. Wanjiku Miano

PART V. NGO INSTITUTIONAL CASE STUDIES
Chapter 11. The African Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-African Organizing in Human Rights
—L. Muthoni Wanyeki
Chapter 12. Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs
—Dani W. Nabudere

PART VI. SOUTH/SOUTH AND SOUTH/NORTH NGO RELATIONS
Chapter 13. The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy
—Margaret A. Burnham
Chapter 14. Democracy Organizations in Political Transitions: IDASA and the New South Africa
—Shaila Gupta and Alycia Kellman

Conclusion: Coming of Age: NGOs and State Accountability in East Africa
—Chris Maina Peter

Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments