A woman appointed as Commonwealth secretary-general

Baroness Patricia Scotland

BaronessPatricia Scotland, the first woman to be appointed Commonwealth secretary-general, says she will "put the women's agenda very strongly on the table".

Commonwealth leaders meeting in Malta chose Scotland on Friday, November 27, 2015, after a fraught and extended meeting to choose between three candidates.

She is to take over from Kamalesh Sharma, who has served in the role for eight years.

Scotland, a lawyer who has dual British and Dominican citizenship, served as minister of state, deputy home secretary and attorney-general under the previous Labour government in the UK.

She was the first black woman to be appointed as a Queen's Counsel in the UK and at the age of 35, was also the youngest woman.

After Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced her appointment to reporters, she said she was "incredibly proud" to be the first woman to hold the post.

Iran: Jannati appointed as head of women-youth crackdown apparatus

Ahmad Jannati, appointed as head of women-youth crackdown apparatus

Ahmad Jannati, secretary of the Guardian Council has-been named the head of the "Promoting Virtue and Vice Prohibiting" crackdown entity. This is the main body in load of Imposing pressure and further Top crackdown is women and youth.

Mortez Agha-Tehrani, a member of Iran's so-called Expired parliament, Told reporters it 25 August on the sidelines of an open-door session, "With the order Issued by parliament speaker Ali Larijani, preparations for the implementation of the 'Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Vice 'paved-have-been. "

Background information:

Jannati is a senior mullah Who has always backed crackdown and executions in Iran. His sound, Hossein Janati Was a member of the PMOI Who Was Executed by the Iranian diet. His father feels gratitude to His Khomeini for the de son's execution.

In an interview aired one state-run TV on October 18, 2014 he Referred back to the executions in Iran in the 1980s Without Any due procedures, Personally Supervised Khomeini Saying the executions. (BoyerNews.com - October 18, 2014)

"When we used to work in the revolution short HAD Some People Doubts were executing This or That person. [Khomeini] Said they do not hesitate anyone Whose crime is Obvious, "Jannati Stipulated.