Gloria Guzmán Orellana is a researcher at the Hegoa Institute. She holds a degree in Education Sciences from the University of El Salvador and has a specialization in gender studies and studies on globalization, development, and international cooperation from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She is a feminist activist and co-founder of the Committee for a Monument to the Civilian Victims of Human Rights Violations in El Salvador, which promoted the creation of the country's main memorial site.

Her career in theoretical work and written production has been developed from her knowledge of the field of human rights, feminism, and gender issues, and from a critical perspective of the hegemonic model that generates multiple forms of oppression, especially in the Global South. 

Some of her most recent works are: Book: "Que salga todo a la luz. Violaciones de derechos humanos de las mujeres en el Sáhara Occidental ocupado (1975-2021)" (Let Everything Come to Light: Human Rights Violations Against Women in Occupied Western Sahara (1975-2021)) (Hegoa, 2022), a collaborative work between Hegoa and Sahrawi women defenders in El Aaiún; Book: "Estrategias feministas de justicia y reparación en Guatemala y Colombia" (Feminist Strategies for Justice and Reparation in Guatemala and Colombia) (Hegoa, 2021). Chapter: "Judicial proceedings in cases of serious violations of women's human rights in the armed conflict in Guatemala." Other works can be found at Biblioteca Hegoa.