Laura Dixon is a British freelance journalist currently based in Bogota, Colombia. She is a former staff reporter for The Times and has written for The Guardian, Monocle magazine, Vice/Munchies and The Atlantic. She currently writes about the peace process in Colombia and how the country is dealing with the legacy of a 50-year war. Follow her @lauradixon, @laurajaynedixon https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/laura-dixon/rss en Crises & Conflicts Tue, 19 Dec 2017 03:03:48 +0000 Selase​ ​Kove-Seyram, ​Mauro​ ​Pimentel, Sally​ ​Hayden, ​Andrea​ ​Arzaba, Pedro​ ​Noel, Laura Dixon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/12/19/the-new-coyote-trail-refugees-head-west-to-bypass-fortress-europe https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/12/19/the-new-coyote-trail-refugees-head-west-to-bypass-fortress-europe Europe’s closing borders and the death toll in the Mediterranean are forcing asylum seekers to look further afield. An investigation into the migration routes out of Latin America into the U.S. and Canada finds Africans, Afghans and Iraqis enduring great risks. Crisis and Conflict Tue, 04 Jul 2017 07:46:28 +0000 Laura Dixon https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/07/04/the-woman-helping-clear-colombia-of-its-deadly-landmines https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/07/04/the-woman-helping-clear-colombia-of-its-deadly-landmines Alejandra Segura is one of the eight women deminers working to clear Colombia of deadly explosives – a gargantuan task that the country’s president has promised to finish in the next four years. Crisis and Conflict Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:55:13 +0000 Laura Dixon https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/04/11/you-have-to-carry-on-the-women-searching-for-colombias-disappeared https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/04/11/you-have-to-carry-on-the-women-searching-for-colombias-disappeared According to estimates, more than 60,000 Colombians were forcibly disappeared during the decadeslong conflict with FARC, the majority of them men. We meet the women still searching for them, from their wives and mothers to forensic doctors and human rights experts. Crisis and Conflict Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:26:53 +0000 Laura Dixon https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/02/13/lot-punishments-life-farc-child-soldier https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/02/13/lot-punishments-life-farc-child-soldier As Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group prepares to demobilize after five decades of conflict, one former child soldier explains why so many have been drawn into joining the revolutionaries.