Marisha Wojciechowska-Shibuya is Senior International Editor of MaximsNewsWATER (www.maximsnews.com/water.htm). MaximsNews.com is an accredited news network for the international and diplomatic community. 

With over 15 years of experience, Ms. Wojciechowska-Shibuya serves as an international consultant for private, public, and not-for-profit businesses and international organizations, having worked in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. She is author and contributor to reports and policy papers for various international entities such as, UNICEF, UNESCAP, UNEP, CIDA, IUCN, Asia-Pacific Water Forum, Japan Water Forum, on subjects of water security policy, environmentally sustainable economic  growth, and children’s environmental health. A co-founder of the SKeGROUP, she has produced several coffee-table books with the participation of world leading personalities, containing powerful messages for environmental and social causes: Water Culture, produced in partnership with Jean-Michel Cousteau, Our World in Focus illustrated by Magnum Photographers and with specially- commissioned essays by such personalities as the Dalai Lama and Queen Noor, and A Journey in Sight, with Orbis International, published by Trolley Books.

She is currently based in Tokyo, Japan, and serves as International Advisor to the Asia-Pacific Water Forum and the Japan Water Forum, which provide countries and organizations in the region with a common platform and voice to accelerate the process of effective integration of water resource management into the socio-economic development process of Asia and the Pacific. 

Having earned a B.A. in Sociology from McGill University and an M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from the Université du Québec à Montréal, Ms. Wojciechowska-Shibuya is currently a PhD candidate in International Development at Tulane University ’s Payson Institute for International Development in New Orleans.  

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         UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 2008 -- MaximsNewsWATER was launched last year following the 2007 Stockholm World Water Week and because of our reader's interest in Water and Sanitation as a dominant global issue for this century.  Marisha Wojciechowska-Shibuya is the new Senior International Water News Editor who shapes the direction of our coverage within the framework of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals.  MaximsNews is building Media Partnerships with key organizations and individuals to contribute both news and support to this vital issue. Please contact us about Media Partnerships and send Press Releases and Media Advisories on these critical topics to: MaximsNews@MaximsNews.com.

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TOKYO'S SEWERAGE: FROM NIGHT SOIL TO GLITZY HI-TECH, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 01/06/2010 (MaximsNews Network)

CAN CHINA GROW GREEN? EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ELLEN G. CARBERRY OF THE CHINA GREENTECH INITIATIVE BY MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA:  (MaximsNews Network)

MAURICE STRONG'S OUTLOOK ON COP15 CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY FRED DUBEE AND MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 14/10/2009 (MaximsNews Network)

MILWAUKEE'S WATER TECHNOLOGY HUB: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DEAN AMHAUS by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 11/09/2009 (MaximsNews Network)

PACIFIC ISLAND LEADERS APPEAL TO JAPAN IN FACE OF WORSENING WATER ILLS, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 25/05/2009 (MaximsNews Network)

JAPAN'S LEADERS IN POLITICS, BUSINESS AND ACADEMIA LAUNCH THE WATER SECURITY COUNCIL OF JAPAN, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 30/04/2009 (MaximsNews Network)

FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER ON ERADICATING GUINEA WORM DISEASE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 19/12/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

DR. ASHOK KHOSLA ON LEADING QUESTIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 22/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

DENAN, "THE MINI-DARFOUR" IN ETHIOPIA: TV VIDEO & EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DICK YOUNG - FOUNDER OF THE DENAN PROJECT, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 14/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ONE TENTH OF GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE PREVENTABLE IF IMPROVED WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE, ACCORDING TO WHO REPORT, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 29/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WATER AND SANITATION PROMINENT ON THE AGENDA FOR AFRICAN GROWTH, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 03/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WATER AND SANITATION PROGRESS REVIEWED AT THE 16th UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 22/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU WEIGHS IN ON WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 26/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

A BOY'S CHILDHOOD DREAM BRINGS WATER TO 500,000 PEOPLE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RYAN HRELJAC OF RYAN'S WELL FOUNDATION, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 18/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WASH MEDIA AWARDS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS TO HONOUR JOURNALISTS REPORTING ON WATER AND SANITATION, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 17/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

MAXIMSNEWS WATER HONORS WORLD WATER DAY, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 21/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

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