Yasmin Rabiyan

Yasmin Rabiyan has led the global expansion of the EIOS initiative over the past five years as the EIOS Engagement Officer and is responsible for ongoing engagement with the global community behind it. Yasmin is a German-Iranian dual national and holds an M.A. in Communications and American Studies from the University of Mainz, Germany. Yasmin looks back on 20 years of experience in Communications and Advocacy roles. Before joining WHO, she has worked in operational communications with Médecins Sans Frontièrs (MSF) for more than a decade, devising communication strategies and covering humanitarian medical emergencies across the globe. Her work has spanned positions at various headquarters and country offices, including in Germany, South Africa, Malawi, Switzerland and Myanmar. Other experiences include consultancies with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) with assignments to Ethiopia, Yemen and the oPT, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Myanmar. In 2018, she co-founded and successfully launched Thant Myanmar, a Nonprofit organization fighting plastic pollution in Myanmar.