In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Zalishchuk lost reelection as an independent candidate in a single-seat constituency in Cherkasy Oblast.

[5][6] Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Journalism: Zalishchuk was a Member of Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in Ukraine, November 2014 – July 2019.

[9] Svitlana Zalishchuk's focus of parliamentary activity includes strategic lobbying and organizing national and global campaigns on democratization, security, anticorruption, human rights, antidiscrimination, particularly gender and LGBT equality.

[9] On 7 June 2019 Zalishchuk stated she wanted to take part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as an independent candidate in a constituency.

[18] Prominent leader of the EuroMaidan events in Ukraine that started in 2013 and led to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity and the beginning of democratic reform In particular, as Executive Director of ‘Centre UA’, coordinated the largest (in Ukrainian and regional history) and most influential Facebook page Euromaidan,[19] which played a crucial role in the revolution: content included transformative campaigning and coordination of strategic messaging to a daily audience of up to 4 million readers, 2013–2014.

Examples included legislative reform to ensure the integrity of the voting in the Parliament and also electronic declarations of assets for public servants, 2011–2014.

Press-officer to the Deputy Prime Minister on European Integration in Ukraine, July–September 2005 Led communication team of the newly created office in the Ukrainian Government of the Deputy Prime-Minister on European Integration after so-called Orange Revolution, when Ukraine started its integration processes with EU: tasks included media planning, preparation of briefings, information requests and interviews, coordination with journalists Spokesperson to the Chief of Staff of the President of Ukraine and Head of the Department of Information in the Main Information Service in the Administration of the President of Ukraine, September 2005-October 2006 Deputy Chief of Staff to the Advisor of the President on European and Euro-Atlantic integration, 2006-2009 media reports on topical political and cultural issues Creation and management of the first national student magazine of the Institute of Journalism, Ukraine Expert lecturer and featured speaker, 2009 – present Svitlana Zalishchuk: "Mister Medvedev, together with President Putin you’ve turned to the page of war, aggression and instability in Europe.

I have a question for you: Why don’t you approve the mandate of the United Nations to investigate MH17 as the precondition to restore the trust that you have mentioned in your speech.

[34] Awarded Anna Lindh Prize 2016,[35] (after former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden), international award for human rights defenders: a woman or young person with "the courage to fight indifference, prejudice, oppression and injustices in order to promote a good life for all people in an environment marked by respect for human rights" (previous winners include Amira Hass and Madeleine Albright) On July 21, 2018, Svitlana Zalishchuk married the British lawyer[36] (QC) Wayne Jordash.