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Articles by Louise Sarant

Features

Systems thinking takes center stage at the World Water Congress in Morocco 

December 17, 2025

Innovation alone will not secure water’s future. IWMI experts demonstrated that cross-sector planning, community participation and digital tools are key to water security.

In many parts of the Global South, women and girls shoulder the primary responsibility for securing household water. Photo: Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer/Alamy Stock Photo
Blogs

Women’s safety is a prerequisite for water security

December 10, 2025

Violence keeps women out of vital water decisions. For stronger water governance and genuine progress on equality, women’s safety must come first.

Panorama of Cairo cityscape taken during the sunset from the Cairo Tower, Egypt. Photo: Givaga/Shutterstock
Features

Researchers at Cairo Water Week urge stakeholders to link nature, data and people for a water-secure MENA

October 22, 2025

At the annual event in Egypt, IWMI and partners explored how to turn climate research into real-world water resilience across the Middle East and North Africa.

A growing number of cyberattacks are targeting water and wastewater utilities worldwide, threatening to disrupt critical services and expose deep vulnerabilities in an already stretched sector. Photo: Louise Sarant/IWMI (generated)
Features

Cybersecurity risks are rising for water utilities — here’s why

September 22, 2025

Hackers are turning water into a new target. For the Global South, the stakes are high — but simple, practical steps can help keep communities safe.

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Features

Can constructed wetlands close the loop on wastewater?

July 29, 2025

As wetlands disappear, constructed alternatives are stepping in. In this feature story, we look at whether they can keep up.

A young water buffalo feeds on grass at a farm in Fayoum, one of Egypt’s oldest agricultural regions, located about 100 kilometers southwest of Cairo. Photo: Samy Fares
Blogs

Water buffalo sustain rural life with milk, manure and muscle 

June 16, 2025

On Working Animal Day, IWMI pays tribute to the vital role of the water buffalo in rural economies, from the Nile to the Euphrates.

A fig tree on a farm in Fayoum, Egypt. Photo: Samy Fares
Blogs

IWMI works to turn water conflict into peace with new framework for the MENA region

May 13, 2025

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), water is often a casualty of political instability, with access disrupted by conflict and poor governance. IWMI’s new framework offers a path to turning water management into a tool for local stability and resilience.

Izbat Al Hamra, Photo: IWMI
News

IWMI’s Al Murunah project scales nature-based solutions to achieve water-security in the MENA region 

April 7, 2025

IWMI and partners are documenting the economic, social, and environmental impacts of nature-based-solutions across its four pilots in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) — making the case for their broader adoption.

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