Yassi Ashki

Yassi Ashki
یاسی اشکی
Born
Yasaman Ashki

1981
Tehran/Iran
OccupationHealth activist Co-Founder & CEO of RAH Foundation
SpouseMassih Bahar
Websitehttps://www.ctrlstd.com/

Yasaman Ashki better known as Yassi Ashki is an Iranian health activist and the founder of RAH Foundation and Ctrl+S website.[1][2][3][4]

Life

Ashki moved from Tehran, Iran to the United States in 2011 to attend Indiana University.[2][4] After reading several pamphlets about STDs, she realized she'd never been taught about any of them. Several years later, she and her Iranian friend Narges Dorratoltaj decided to start a website about sexual health for Persian speakers.[4] The website Ctrl-S was launched on Ctrlstd.com in 2014, and featured translations of about 800 articles about sexual health from the Mayo Clinic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Planned Parenthood.[2][5] The team has expanded to over 50 people and the two founders now run a nongovernmental organization; registered in the United States as RAH Foundation and registered in Iran as Ctrl+S.[2][4] They negotiated with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran, and gained permission to run workshops about sexual health in Iranian mosques and schools. They also train volunteers to educate rural communities.[4] In 2015, they launched Hide and Seek under the RAH Foundation. It is an organization that focuses on raising awareness and education about the sexual abuse of children.[6]

Mah-e Asal

Ashki was the guest of Mah-e Asal (a popular live television program in Iran) on 29 May 2018 and spoke about her life and experiences. Ashki spoke about the need for HPV vaccines in Iran and claimed she was diagnosed with HPV, an autoimmune disorder with symptoms that are sometimes similar to AIDS in that her immune system was compromised. Watching the interview, Rakhshān Banietemad announced her support for Ashki.[7] Ashkit's contradicted comments were doubted and criticized by people and several sources as containing false or misleading information.[8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Expats Launch Online Portal on STDs Education". Financial Tribune. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Sharkey, Lauren (27 April 2018). "The Women Educating the Middle East About Sexual Health". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ^ Jaafari, Shirin (January 10, 2018). "These young women are raising awareness about sexual health in Iran". Public Radio International. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Sex is a taboo topic in Iran — these young women are trying to change that". Business Insider. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  5. ^ همتی, شهرزاد (May 2016). "آموزش به سبك "كنترل اس"" [The "Control S" style training for members of the campaign to combat sexually transmitted diseases tells about their different experiences of diseases in Iran.]. Shargh Newspaper. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. ^ "ABOUT - RAH Foundation". RAH Foundation. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  7. ^ "حمایت بنی‌اعتماد از علیخانی و یاسی اشکی - بازتاب". Baztab (in Persian). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  8. ^ "انتقاد از اظهارنظرهای غیرعلمی "یاسی اشکی"/ پشت پرده واکسن HPV" [Criticism of non-scientific "teaspoon" / behind-the-scenes HPV vaccine]. YJC (in Persian). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  9. ^ "وزارت بهداشت با چه‌هدفی اعانه جمع می‌کند؟/ پشت‌ پرده تحمیل "یاسمن اشکی" به ماه‌ عسل+فیلم". Fars News. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  10. ^ "دست وزارت بهداشت در جیب مردم/ پشت پرده حضور "اشکی" در ماه عسل چه کسی است؟". مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  11. ^ ""ماه عسل" چگونه با ادعاهای "اشکی" از مردم کلاهبرداری کرد/ بازی خطرناک مهمان "علیخانی" با سلامت دختران ایرانی + فیلم و عکس" [How did the "honeymoon" scam with "tears" of people? / The dangerous game of "AliKhani" guest with the health of Iranian girls]. مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  12. ^ مخبر, تیم نرم افزاری. "پشت پرده تبلیغ یک واکسن وارداتی در " ماه عسل " چه بود ؟". مخبر (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-06-20.