Gloria Guzman Orellana

Gloria Guzmán Orellana is a Salvadoran-Euskadi based researcher and feminist activist specializing in gender in post-conflict contexts, transitional justice, and human rights reparations. She works as a research associate at the Hegoa Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies, UPV/EHU, with academic credentials including a Degree in Educational Sciences (University of El Salvador), Gender Studies Specialization (Girona), and Diploma in Globalization and Development (UPV/EHU).

Her research focuses on

• Gendered patterns of sexual violence in armed conflicts
• Psychosocial support for human rights defenders
• Memory politics in post-authoritarian states
• Anti-patriarchal reparations mechanisms
• Transnational feminist responses to war

The 15 most recent publications (2013-2025) span topics across Central America and Western Sahara, with specific subfields including truth commission advocacy, conflict-related trauma, indigenous justice, and occupational rehabilitation. Her work features feminist frameworks for transitional justice in Guatemala, El Salvador, and occupied Western Sahara, emphasizing collective memory and resistance networks.

She coordinates the "Insumisas" documentary project (2023) and participates in the 2025 Seminar on Feminist Action in War Escalation in Bilbao. Her publications include field-building resources like "Repression and Psychosocial Needs" (2022) and "Feminist Action Against Enforced Disappearances" (2025), with methodological innovations in survivor-centered documentation and gender-responsive justice.