Carmen Montón

Carmen Montón Giménez (born 9 March 1976 in Burjassot, Spain) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

Married with one child,[1] Montón studied medicine and became involved in the youth wing of the PSOE.[1] She entered active politics in 1999 when she was elected a councillor for her home town of Burjassot[1] to the immediate north-west of Valencia city. She resigned from the council in 2004 when she was elected to the Congress of Deputies as a deputy for Valencia, being re-elected in 2008.[1]

Her activity in Congress in her first year was centred on legislative preparation for laws legalising marriage between two people of the same gender.[1] She has also spoken in favour of efforts to reduce domestic violence, including the creation of a telephone line to help males of a violent disposition,[1] and for new laws to allow pregnant deputies to cast votes from outside the Spanish Congress.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Una valenciana feminista para evitar ‘casos Ponferrada’, El Pais, 21 March 2013
  2. ↑ "A veces me he traído la niña al despacho", El Pais, 19 July 2011
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