https://www.sawanetwork.me/newsletterarchive daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://www.sawanetwork.me/newsletterarchive/issue03 monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6890fe5f1ba0657b01692ba5/1773142312304-6E6NKK45NWACLG2JU7L9/unsplash-image-nsyji3YpcuM.jpg Newsletter Archive - Love and Environmental Responsibility - P.S., ICYMI: We recently shared our latest LinkedIn roundup of sustainability roles across the MENA region. We’ll be consistently posting about new opportunities on our page - make sure to follow us there so you don’t miss out. Save the date: We’re hosting our first SAWA gathering in London on Monday, March 23rd at 7pm GMT. We’re looking forward to bringing members of our community in person to connect and exchange ideas and resources. RSVP through this link and we’ll be in touch with details. And if you haven’t already, don’t forget to join our SAWA WhatsApp community to stay connected with real-time discussions and updates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6890fe5f1ba0657b01692ba5/1773142502554-AZ0RBVUYYNRV59ILC9XE/unsplash-image-PGkf_5EcdGM.jpg Newsletter Archive - Love and Environmental Responsibility - What We’re Reading: Food Sovereignty in MENA Environmental responsibility is centred around care: how we manage and protect the resources that sustain our communities today and in the future. This month, in line with our theme, we’re reading Zeina Moneer’s article in Earth.Org, “Why Food Sovereignty is the Key to MENA’s Climate Resilience”, which connects care for land, water and food systems to resilience and justice across the region. Moneer highlights a critical distinction: food security measures availability and affordability of food, but is less concerned with who actually controls food systems. Food sovereignty, in contrast, emphasises community control over agricultural practices, land, water, and resources, ensuring that the people who depend on them have a voice in shaping them. The article examines case studies across the region that show structural inequities currently existing within MENA’s food systems: Lebanon: Land and seed regulations favour large commercial operators, marginalising traditional practices and farmer-managed seed systems. Egypt: Large-scale land reclamation and irrigation projects benefit agribusiness over smallholders, concentrating water and land access that could harm the long-term resilience of rural food systems. Morocco: Export-focused modernisation policies prioritise high-value crops and large-scale farmers, limiting equal water access and technical resources. 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At Nestlé, she built a powerful commercial legacy, leading multimillion-dollar operations, navigating volatile markets, and delivering consistent results. As Country Manager for Nestlé Lebanon, she was the first woman to lead the business in the market’s history, steering it through political and economic turbulence while achieving sustained double-digit growth. Later, as Country Manager for Nestlé UAE, she directed a USD 280M operation with 388 employees, driving portfolio expansion and category growth through innovation, organizational redesign, and customer-centric route-to-market strategies. Her leadership was marked by bold transformations: joint business planning and category management, SKU optimization, and trade spend restructuring that strengthened profitability. She executed distributor transitions with zero receivables exposure, re-engineered organizational structures to deliver multi-million savings, and championed digital solutions to improve forecasting and visibility. 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