Victims rights protection, state compensation issues to victims of crime, gender equality

2004-presently

Researcher/Project director Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS: Managing and implementing project on “Mechanisms for Protection of Victims’ Rights” and implementing project “Criteria for Police Performance Evaluation”
Participation in content planning for www.politika.lv and content management on gender equality issues.

2003-2004

Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, Programme Assistant, public policy website politika.lv

2000-2003

Executive Director, Latvian Music Producers Association “LaMPA”

2002-2003

Lector’s assistant, Riga Stradins University

2006

Lectures on compensation issues under Criminal Procedure Law for judges and attorneys, Latvian Judicial Training Center

2004

Seminar “Women and Men in Labor Market” for employees of municipalities.

2003

Seminar for state administration officials on Gender Mainstreaming within Project “Train the Trainer’s: Gender Mainstreaming” Ministry of Welfare.

2006

Qualification of Lawyer (Professional Law Degree), University of Latvia

2004

Seminar for journalists, study tour to Sweden in project “Participation of Women in Politics And Decision Making Process”, Resource Centre for women “Marta”   

2004

Seminar “Training the Trainers” ULRGL and UNDP project “Gender Mainstreaming Development and Implementation at the Municipal Level in Latvia”

2003

Seminar “Train the Trainer’s: Gender Mainstreaming”, Ministry of Welfare and  Danish Research Centre on Gender Equality

2002

B.A. in Social Sciences, specialty Political Science, Riga Stradins University, European Integration Institute

2006 - presently

Member of European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice

2004 - presently

Member of Centre for Public Policy ROVIDUS

2002 - presently

Riga Rotaract Club

Latvian – native, English  – fluent, Russian – fluent, Spanish – beginners level