Mrs Palihovici is the Special Representative on Gender Issues of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. She is a former MP and served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova since 2010 till May 2017. Between April 25 and May 30, 2013, she held the position of Interim President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. She was a member of the Standing Committee for national security, defence and public order and proudly served as the Head of the national delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and Vice-President of the PACE. Mrs Palihovici also served as the Chairperson of the Committee for social protection, health and family. Since November 2017 , Mrs Palihovici is the president of the “Institutum Virtutes Civilis” Association, based in Chisinau, active in promoting participative democracy, advancing policies in the field of human rights, good governance, and civil society development. She has significant experience in parliamentary development, parliamentary diplomacy and negotiations, improving legislative framework and facilitation of consultations processes with key actors from different fields, and especially on the transparency of the decisional processes. As a legislator, she was a vocal advocate for the women, child, and human rights issues. She had a strong focus on increasing the state support for the development of civil society organizations and their involvement in monitoring and evaluation of the public policy implementation. Mrs Palihovici was the co-founder of the Women’s Caucus in the Moldovan Parliament and the Women Democracy Network branch in Moldova. Since 2019, she is a member of the UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Civil Society Advisory Group. She is a mentor for many women that launched their political activity and starting with 2018 she leads the Academy for Women Leadership, which works on empowering a new generation of women for civic and political participation. Mrs Palihovici has a master’s degree in law and International Relations. Her doctorate research topic is " The impact of the  dialog between public administration and civil society on the quality of governance". She graduated the Harvard Kennedy School “Women in politics” Program and Draper Hills Summer Program of the Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and The Rule of Law.