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Advises the Members of the Fact-Finding Mission on the gender dimensions of human rights violations and abuses, including through gender analysis, advice on, training, ensuring integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Fact-Finding Mission; - Researches, documents and collects information pertaining to women's human rights and gender issues directly related to the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission, including violations of international human rights and, international criminal law; - Recommends referral pathways addressed to victims and survivors, in accordance with agreed methodology and strategy of the Fact-Finding Mission, as well as OHCHR' s methodology and full respect for the 'do no harm principle'; - Ensures proper documentation, collection, preservation of information, analysis and reporting on cases of sexual and gender-based violence and other gender-based human rights violations and abuses and that the gender-specific impact of violations is assessed, documented, analyzed and reported by all members of the team; - Conducts and/or assists the team in interviewing and evidence gathering activities, ensuring that necessary measures of protection and confidentiality for witnesses and victims are gender-sensitive; - Participates in field missions for information gathering activities; - Contributes to the drafting and timely submission of the final report, recommendations and other analytical documents of the Fact-Finding Mission; ensure that such documents integrate gender perspective and that gender-sensitive language is used throughout them; - Suggests gender-specific priority recommendations for the final report, including on sexual and gender-based violence; - Provides advice to the team on the integration of gender-sensitive information gathering methods including interviewing, security arrangements, witness and victim protection and safe information and data handling; - Performs other duties as required.