Laura Dixon

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.

Alejandra Segura is one of eight women deminers in Colombia.

Meet the woman helping clear Colombia of its deadly land mines

July 7, 2017Conflict

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.