Raya Marina Stephan is the Editor in Chief of Water International and Project Officer on the Water Security project. Raya has a background in international law. She is also an international consultant with expertise in water law. She has a wide experience in international projects related to legal and institutional aspects of water management and transboundary waters with a specific focus on groundwater and transboundary aquifers. Raya worked in various regions of the world such as MENA, South-East Europe, Western Africa and others. She collaborates and advises international and regional organisations such as UNESCO, UNECE, UNESCWA, GWP-Med, the League of Arab States and the World Bank. She is a board member of the French Water Partnership, and the French Water Academy.