LaWiSe is a national non governmental organisation registered in 2007. LaWiSe is open to all women working or having worked at all levels in sciences and engineering (technology, industry, research, education) in the public and private sector and to those women and men who promote equal participation of women in science. Latvian Women in Science supports the position of women in science and improves communication among women in Latvia and the European scientific community. The main activities are: make women scientists more comprehensively understand the role they can play in the research policy debate, promote the understanding and the inclusion of the gender issue in science and develop public relations.