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Extremadura joins the campaign “Do not walk alone” to reinforce the safety of pilgrims on three routes in the region

09/07/2024
Extremadura joins the campaign “Do not walk alone” to reinforce the safety of pilgrims on three routes in the region

• Informs, in Spanish and English, of the existing resources in case the pilgrims suffer any type of violence • It joins the Annual Prevention and Security Plan of the National Police and the Plan “Guardians of the Way” of the Civil Guard • Pharmacies, hostels and hotels of the municipalities of Extremadura through which the Way runs disseminate the informative material of this campaign.

The Government Delegation in Extremadura has presented today in the municipality of La Haba the campaign “Do not walk alone: Camino de Santiago Free of Male Violence.” This is an initiative to strengthen the security of women who undertake this Jacobean route alone, promoted by the Coordination Units against Violence against Women of the Government Delegations in Aragón, Navarra, La Rioja, Castilla y León, Galicia and Extremadura.

The campaign was presented today in La Haba by the government delegate in Extremadura, José Luis Quintana; the coordinator of the Unit against Violence against Women, Carmen Fraire; the delegate councilor for Equality, Ana Aragonés; and the mayor of La Haba, José González.

The campaign for a Camino de Santiago free of male violence includes the dissemination, in different locations, of bilingual information cards and posters that include a QR code that links to the phones of resources specialized in dealing with cases of violence against women. This material has been distributed through the 45 municipalities through which three pilgrimage routes pass in Extremadura. To the Silver and Mozarabic Route of the Camino de Santiago, the Government Delegation in Extremadura adds the Eulalian Route.

In Extremadura, the Civil Guard and the National Police have begun the distribution of this material by hostels, other lodgings, petrol stations, pharmacies and public establishments located on these pilgrim stretches in Extremadura territory.

Quintana has highlighted the importance of this initiative given that around 53% of the people who make the Camino de Santiago are women who every day choose more to do the solo tour and the program ‘No caminas sola’ seeks to reinforce their security during the pilgrimage to Compostela.

The campaign consists of posters and cards informing the telephone of attention to all forms of violence against women: (016), Emergencies (112), State Security Forces and Bodies, both Civil Guard (062) and National Police (091), information of the mobile application Alertcops and the QR code with access to the web of resources. These are 3,000 cards and 1,000 posters that are distributed through these three pilgrim routes in Extremadura.

The government delegate has also highlighted that the pilgrims also have the mobile application AlertCops, joint for the Civil Guard and National Police. Among the functions of this tool is ‘Guardian of the Camino de Santiago’, which allows to share the position with the State Security Forces and Bodies so that in case of emergency or risk the police posts can attend to the user more effectively.

The State Security Forces and Corps design, every year, a specific plan for the protection of all people who transit the Camino de Santiago.