What La Maison des femmes does

La Maison des femmes — legally Maisons des femmes Restart — is a French nonprofit association (loi 1901) founded in 2016 by Dr. Ghada Hatem-Gantzer at Hôpital Delafontaine in Saint-Denis to address the absence of integrated screening and care for women victims of violence within the French healthcare system. It operates a federation of multidisciplinary care centers (Maisons des femmes Restart) embedded inside public hospitals across metropolitan France, French overseas territories, and Belgium, providing a single front door that coordinates medical, psychological, social, and legal services across specialized units covering sexual health and abortion, violence (domestic, sexual, psychological, incest), emergency sexual assault response (CORALIS pathway with evidence preservation for up to three years), and female genital mutilation. The flagship Saint-Denis facility had 57 professionals (30 ETP) and 19,000+ consultations in 2024; the wider network now serves roughly 17,000 women annually and runs 250+ professional training sessions and 150+ school interventions per year. Complementary products include Mon Palier (secure housing and socio-educational support for ~50 young women aged 18-25 per year), the Qualiopi-certified In Vivo training program offered biannually at Hôpital Delafontaine, and an advocacy function targeting French ministries, Assurance Maladie, and ARS.

The business model is a hybrid of public mission funding (Mission d'Intérêt Général from the Ministry of Health, ARS regional health agency allocations, departmental and municipal subsidies, with hospitals contributing embedded staff and facilities) and private philanthropy. The private side is structured around a Club des mécènes (Accor, Axa, Clariane, Engie, Kering Foundation, L'Oréal, Raja, Sisley), an Académie des mécènes tier for donors above €50K (BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Lidl, SC Johnson), individual donor programs with 75% / 66% tax deductibility, earned revenue from training fees (In Vivo), consultation fees at the facilities, and event-based fundraising (solidarity races raising €57K+ per edition). Services to beneficiaries are delivered free of charge. There is no proprietary technology platform; the operating model is a clinical protocol and federation governance built over ten years, with a Nuova Vista-Veltys (2024) SROI study claiming €1 invested yields €5 of societal costs avoided. The organization has no external shareholders, having grown from a single hospital-based unit in 2016 to a 31-site Restart collective by 2025, supported by strategic partnerships with the Ministry of Armed Forces (2024 framework convention), Assurance Maladie, BNP Paribas Foundation, and other institutions.

Name

La Maison des femmes

Legal name

Maisons des femmes Restart

Website

https://lamaisondesfemmes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Maison des femmes (Maisons des femmes Restart) is a French nonprofit association founded in 2016 that runs a 31-site federation of hospital-embedded multidisciplinary care centers providing free medical, psychological, social, and legal support to women victims of violence, alongside housing and professional training, funded by public subsidies and corporate philanthropy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Healthcare & Social Services

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (62399), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Women violence care
• Multidisciplinary healthcare
• Sexual violence support
• Shelter housing services
• Professional violence training

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-denis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public subsidies and government funding: Hybrid financing model combining public subsidies (MIG - Mission d'Intérêt Général), ARS (Regional Health Agencies), departments, municipalities, and other government sources. Hospital contributes through provision of staff and facilities.
2. Private philanthropy and corporate sponsorships: Club des mécènes (major donors including Accor, Axa, Clariane, Engie, Kering, L'Oréal, Raja, Sisley), Académie des mécènes (donors over €50K including BNP, CA, Lidl), and engaged/occasional donors. Foundation support from Kering Foundation, Sisley Foundation, BNP Paribas Foundation.
3. Individual donations: One-time and regular donations from individuals, with tax deductions (75% for donations up to €1,000, 66% thereafter). Fundraising campaigns including solidarity race (€57,000 raised in previous edition).
4. Training and consultation fees: Revenue from professional training programs including In Vivo certification (offered twice yearly), corporate training on violence prevention, and professional development services.
5. Consultation revenue: Self-generated revenue from patient consultations at healthcare facilities.

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Maisons des femmes Restart operates a national network of 31 multidisciplinary care centers attached to hospitals, providing coordinated medical, psychological, social, and legal support to women victims of gender-based violence through specialized units (Sexual Health/IVG, Violence, Sexual Assault Emergency/CORALIS, and Female Genital Mutilation). The organization also runs Mon Palier, a secure housing and socio-educational program for young women aged 18-25, and Formation In Vivo, a Qualiopi-certified professional training program for healthcare and public-service professionals.

Product overview

Maisons des femmes Restart operates a network of multidisciplinary healthcare centers attached to hospitals across France and Belgium, offering a unified portfolio of care, prevention, and advocacy services for women victims of violence. The core offering is the Maison des femmes Restart centers, which provide multiple specialized care tracks (Sexual Health & IVG, Violence, Sexual Assault Emergency/CORALIS, and Female Genital Mutilation care) through a single front door. Complementing the centers is Mon Palier, a secure housing and socio-educational program for young women aged 18–25 victims of violence. The Formation In Vivo program trains professionals across France. The collective network has grown from one center in 2016 to 31 in 2025, reaching 17,000 women per year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maison des femmes Restart (network of multidisciplinary care centers) Multidisciplinary care centers attached to hospitals providing coordinated medical, psychological, social, and legal support to women victims of violence through a single front desk. Includes specialized units (Sexual Health & IVG, Violence, Sexual Assault Emergency/CORALIS, Female Genital Mutilation). Free services with no obligation to file a police report. For individual women aged 18+ across France, overseas territories, and Belgium.
• Mon Palier (secure housing center) Secure housing and socio-educational support program for young women aged 18-25, victims of violence, without children. Provides accommodation (6-24 months, average 10-month stay), medical and psychological accompaniment, and help building an independent life project. Capacity of 50+ young women per year, currently relocating to central Paris.
• Formation In Vivo (professional training program) Two-day in-person professional training program on identifying and caring for women and children victims of violence. Held twice yearly at Hôpital Delafontaine in Saint-Denis, combining theory, practical simulations, and live observations. Qualiopi-certified. For healthcare professionals, police, firefighters, teachers, magistrates, and social workers.
• Unité Violences (Violence care track) Core care track available across the Maison des femmes Restart network (34 locations) for victims of domestic, intrafamilial, sexual, or psychological violence, present or past. Includes medical care, psychological and social support, legal aid, and, in some locations, a police reporting desk (permanence policière).
• Unité Urgence Violences Sexuelles / CORALIS Emergency care track for victims of sexual assault occurring within the past five days, available at select locations (Béziers, Saint-Denis). Offers multidisciplinary short- and medium-term care with evidence collection even without filing a police report (evidence preserved up to 3 years), and management of chemical submission cases.
• Unité Mutilations Sexuelles (FGM care track) Specialized care track for victims of female genital mutilation, offered at 18+ Maison des femmes locations. Provides a coordinated multidisciplinary pathway combining pedagogy, psycho-body accompaniment, and reconstructive surgery where needed, alongside prevention and awareness work with partners such as Fédération nationale Gams, Excision parlons-en, Equipop, and Collectif Prévenir & Protéger.
• Unité Santé Sexuelle et IVG (Sexual Health & Abortion) Care track available at 18+ centers providing comprehensive sexual health services including contraception, abortion (IVG), STI screening, and systematic violence screening, with outreach into schools for sexual education (EVARS program).
• Groupes de parole et ateliers psycho-corporels Collective therapeutic sessions including themed discussion groups for victims of violence and body-mind workshops (karate with Fight for Dignity, dance, art therapy, French language classes, socio-aesthetics) designed to rebuild self-esteem and combat isolation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1€ invested generates 5€ of costs avoided for society (study by Nuova Vista – Veltys, December 2024)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Ministry of Armed Forces (Ministère des Armées)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Framework convention signed in July 2024 for 5 years to support the institution's strategy for preventing sexual and gender-based violence (VSS) and improving care for women victims. Three pillars: victim orientation and support, staff training, and prevention/sensitization. Local conventions being signed between individual Maisons and regional Army departments.
• Assurance MaladiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to advance ambitions in violence prevention and victim care, including work on reimbursement of psychological consultations for violence victims.
• ORS (Regional Health Agencies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health agencies providing public funding (MIG) and institutional support for Maison des femmes operations.
• La Fondation Sisley ParismajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation supporting Mon Palier center relocation and new premises construction through major donations.
• La Fédération nationale GamscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in prevention and fight against female genital mutilations, working alongside other associations (Excision parlons-en, Equipop, Collectif Prévenir & Protéger).
• Excision parlons-encoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in prevention and fight against female genital mutilations.
• EquipopcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in prevention and fight against female genital mutilations.
• Collectif Prévenir & ProtégercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member of collective working on prevention and protection from female genital mutilations.
• Institut de victimologie de PariscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing psychological support for young women at Mon Palier center.
• Fight for DignityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKarate association providing body reclamation workshops for sexual violence victims as part of psycho-corporal activities.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fédération Nationale Solidarité Femmes (FNSF): French national umbrella federation for associations supporting women victims of domestic violence; operates a similar but more federation-based model of women's shelters, hotlines, and accompaniment across France and is the most direct peer to La Maison des femmes in the violence-against-women service space.
• Fondation des Femmes: French foundation mobilizing financial resources and legal support for women's rights and against gender-based violence; comparable in its advocacy and fundraising approach, including corporate partnerships and individual donations, though focused on legal aid and litigation rather than clinical care.
• Le Refuge: French non-profit providing emergency accommodation and support to young victims of violence and LGBT+ rejection; highly comparable in its housing-plus-support model for young people in danger, similar to the Mon Palier program.
• Planning Familial: French movement for sexual and reproductive health rights including abortion access and gender-based violence prevention; comparable in its Sexual Health & IVG service track overlapping with the Maison des femmes Restart Sexual Health and Abortion units.

Broad incumbents

• Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE): European umbrella network and knowledge hub coordinating 160+ women's specialist services across Europe; comparable to the Collectif Restart at continental scale, with strong policy advocacy but no direct clinical service delivery.
• Médecins du Monde: French/International medical NGO delivering healthcare to vulnerable populations including violence victims; comparable in its hybrid hospital/community care model and advocacy function, though broader in scope than women-specific services.
• National Domestic Violence Hotline (US): US federally funded 24/7 crisis hotline and referral network for domestic violence victims; comparable in its national helpline (3919) and resource-navigation function but operates at a different geography and with a hotline-only delivery model.

Regional players

• Centre Hubertine Auclert: Île-de-France regional centre for gender equality information and advocacy; comparable in its information, training, and advocacy mission for women's rights in the same Paris-region geography where La Maison des femmes originated.

Emerging players

• Samaritans of Singapore (SOS): Singapore-based charity running specialized shelters and support services for women and children experiencing family violence; comparable in its shelter-plus-multidisciplinary-support model, though operating in a single city-state context.

Others

• UN Women: United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women; comparable as a global advocacy and policy body in the violence-against-women space, but a norm-setting/funding organization rather than a direct service provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCW56Rzjrm2LJ6ttypCDXKcw
• Facebookfacebook.com/maisonsdesfemmesrestart
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/la-maison-des-femmes-saint-denis
• Instagraminstagram.com/lamaisondesfemmes93/?hl=fr

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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