it is often critical to rely on intermediaries who could help to identify those persons including victims or organizations that may be good sources of information intermediaries can also play a critical role in reaching out to victims and making the first contact with them to assess their disposition to being interviewed investigation teams should be proactive in reaching out to different types of sources and intermediaries making sure the selection of sources and intermediaries is conducive to gathering information on womens human rights and gender issues it is important to remember when identifying sources not to rely too heavily on entities or service providers that target only one segment of the population