What CIDFF Gironde does

CIDFF Gironde (Centre d'Information sur les Droits des Femmes et des Familles de la Gironde) is a French nonprofit association governed by the loi 1901, founded in 1982 and headquartered in the Gironde department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is a member of the national CIDFF federation, which comprises 98 departmental centers across France. The organization delivers free legal information, psychological support, employment assistance, and gender-equality education to women and families. Services are offered at no charge to end users, with operating costs funded through public-sector grants from the French state (including FDVA), the European Social Fund, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the Gironde department, and local municipalities.

The organization operates 43 permanent service locations across Gironde and, in 2024, served 5,386 individuals. It employs 19 staff and holds Qualiopi certification for professional training, enabling it to deliver accredited training programs. The business model is grant-funded and mission-driven: there is no commercial pricing to end users, and revenue is constituted almost entirely from public subsidies, supplemented in 2026 by eligibility for the taxe d'apprentissage, a new employer-funded channel. There is no indication of product technology, software platform, or proprietary technical architecture — service delivery is human-intensive and locally distributed. Recent activity includes geographic expansion (a new Libourne office opened in March 2025), mobilization over unpaid public subsidies (June 2025), and policy advocacy targeting the March 2026 municipal elections.

The core constraint on the organization's trajectory is its near-total dependence on a small set of public funders. The June 2025 mobilization actions indicate that payment delays from government counterparties materially impair operations, creating cash-flow volatility rather than a commercial demand risk. Diversification efforts — including the taxe d'apprentissage and EU partnership — are modest in scale relative to total budget.

Name

CIDFF Gironde

Legal name

Association CIDFF Gironde

Website

https://gironde.cidff.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CIDFF Gironde is a French nonprofit association providing free legal, psychological, and employment support services to women and families across 43 permanent locations in the Gironde department, serving over 5,000 beneficiaries annually through 19 staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Rights and Gender Equality Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Women's rights information
• Gender equality services
• Legal aid consultations
• Violence victim support
• Employment counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Subsidies and Government Funding: CIDFF Gironde receives government funding from the French state, the European Union (via the European Social Fund), regional councils, and local municipalities. The organization was created in 1972 at the initiative of the State and operates under a quinquennial agreement (agrément) with the government. Funding supports operations across the 43 permanent locations and the three main offices.
2. Donations: The organization accepts donations as an officially declared 'association d'intérêt général' (public interest organization). Donations are eligible for a 66% tax deduction. Donations are collected via the Hello Asso platform.
3. Taxe d'apprentissage (Apprenticeship Tax): As of 2026, CIDFF Gironde is authorized to receive the balance of the 'taxe d'apprentissage,' a French employer training contribution used to fund vocational education and training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CIDFF Gironde is a nonprofit association delivering free, multidisciplinary information and support services to women and families across the Gironde department. Its core offering spans four service areas: legal information and orientation on family, labor, criminal, and housing law; comprehensive accompaniment for victims of gender-based and sexual violence (jurists, psychologists, social workers, walk-in Point Info Femmes centre); employment, training, and business creation support; and education/citizenship programs on gender equality. All services are free, confidential, and delivered through three main offices, a network of 43 territorial permanences, and Qualiopi-certified professional training for organizations.

Product overview

CIDFF Gironde operates as a non-profit information and support center (association loi 1901) delivering four interlinked core service areas: (1) Accès au droit — free legal information and orientation across family, labor, criminal, and housing law via 43 territorial permanences; (2) Lutte contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles — victim accompaniment combining jurists, psychologists, social workers, and the Point Info Femmes drop-in center, complemented by the Dictionnaire non amoureux prevention tool; (3) Emploi, formation et création d'entreprise — professional autonomy programs combining individual career counseling (Bilan de parcours, MAPI, Tandem, BAIE, CEP) and collective workshops (Café des femmes, Mère & femme, Des choix Pluri'elles), plus dedicated business creation support including the 12-week 'A vos marques' accelerator and a women entrepreneurs network; and (4) Éducation et citoyenneté — gender equality education and citizenship programs for youth and the public, paired with a Qualiopi-certified training offer for professionals. The organization is the sole Gironde department member of the national CIDFF network (98 centers across France).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Point Info Femmes: A listening, information and orientation point on women's rights and sexist and sexual violence, open to all victims and witnesses, free of charge, confidential and anonymous. Located at Centre commercial Mériadeck, Bordeaux.

Products and services

• Accès au droit (Access to rights) Free legal information and orientation service on personal rights, family law, civil procedure, criminal law, consumer law, and housing law, delivered via individual consultations and territorial permanences for women and families in Gironde.
• Lutte contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles (Combating gender-based and sexual violence) Comprehensive multidisciplinary support for women victims of gender-based and sexual violence, combining listening, identification, legal information, psychological accompaniment, social work orientation, and sensitization/training of partner organizations plus prevention activities in schools.
• Point Info Femmes Free walk-in listening, information, and orientation centre located at the Mériadeck shopping centre in Bordeaux, open Monday-Friday 9h-12h30 without appointment, offering confidential anonymous access to jurists, psychologists, and social workers for all women victims and witnesses.
• Emploi, Formation et Création d'entreprise (Employment, training, and business creation) Services supporting women's professional autonomy through employment assistance, professional training, career counseling, and business creation support, including individual accompaniment and collective programs.
• Création d'entreprise (Business creation support) Business creation support service accompanying women from idea stage through three years post-creation, including personalized counseling, the 12-week 'A vos marques, prêtes, entreprenez!' program, and access to a network of women business owners.
• Formations professionnelles (Professional training) Qualiopi-certified training programs for professionals and organizations on gender equality, conjugal violence, workplace harassment, prostitution of minors, and the Angela device, with a dedicated disability referent to support persons with disabilities.
• Éducation et citoyenneté (Education and citizenship) Educational and citizenship programs targeting youth and the general public to deconstruct gender stereotypes, promote equality between girls and boys, and prevent sexism and sexual violence in schools and youth organizations.
• Vie familiale et parentalité (Family life and parenting) Family life and parenting support promoting equality between women and men across all stages of family life, including parental role equality, support for single-parent families, and bereavement support delivered in partnership with OCIRP.
• Le Dictionnaire non amoureux (The Non-Love Dictionary) Collective artistic work and prevention tool comprising 67 illustrated words depicting experiences of domestic violence, created by 10 women illustrators with 10 testimonial accounts, used in education and awareness programs and available as a traveling exhibition.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 900 women supported toward employment or business creation annually
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

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

• Fédération Nationale des CIDFF (FNCIDFF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe national federation provides methodological support, legal and social monitoring, professional training for the CIDFF network, and represents the network before ministries and international bodies. CIDFF Gironde is part of a national network of 98 centers and adheres to the FNCIDFF charter. The federation coordinates 9 regional CIDFF groups including FR-CIDFF Nouvelle Aquitaine.
• FR-CIDFF Nouvelle Aquitaine (Fédération Régionale des CIDFF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe regional federation coordinates the 9 CIDFF centers in Nouvelle Aquitaine and serves as the central interlocutor for regional public policy deployment. It supports CIDFF Gironde's operations within the regional framework.
• Préfecture Nouvelle Aquitaine / DRDFE (Direction Régionale aux Droits des Femmes et à l'Égalité)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe regional prefecture's department for women's rights and equality is a key institutional partner that helps define and fund the organization's public interest missions. Works in conjunction with DREETS (regional economics, employment, and solidarity authority).
• Bordeaux MétropolemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBordeaux Métropole is a listed partner supporting CIDFF Gironde's equality programs across the metropolitan area, contributing to the organization's territorial presence in the greater Bordeaux urban area.
• La CALI - Communauté d'agglomération du libournaismajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Libournais urban community hosts CIDFF services including the Dispositif Angela program for violence prevention in public spaces, and partners on local events such as the Nuit des Relais and International Women's Day activities.
• Ministère chargé de l'Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et de la Lutte contre les discriminationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe national ministry responsible for gender equality is the primary government counterpart for the CIDFF network's public interest missions, providing institutional recognition, policy framework, and co-funding through national programs.
• Fondation des FemmesmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerCIDFF Gironde partners with the Fondation des Femmes (Women's Foundation) for the annual Nuit des Relais charity race in Bordeaux, a festive solidarity event raising funds to advance women's rights and end violence against women.
• Barreau de Bordeaux (Bordeaux Bar Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bordeaux Bar Association partners with CIDFF Gironde for annual free lawyer consultation days (Permanences avocates) organized around International Women's Rights Day, providing free legal consultations at CIDFF locations.
• CFDT Nouvelle Aquitaine (URI CFDT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe regional CFDT union co-organizes events and roundtables with CIDFF Gironde on women's access to rights and gender equality in the workplace, including the March 2026 roundtable on 'Accès aux droits des femmes.'
• CAF de la Gironde (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Gironde family benefits office partners with CIDFF Gironde to provide coordinated support for women and families, particularly on parental leave, family rights, and single-parent situations.
• France TravailminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrance Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi) is a listed institutional partner providing employment services. CIDFF Gironde supports women's professional reintegration in coordination with France Travail programs and career development services (CEP).
• Département de la GirondemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Gironde department is a key institutional funder and partner supporting CIDFF Gironde's equality and violence prevention programs across the department, including hosting events at the Hôtel du Département.
• Communes and intercommunalités of GirondemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNumerous Gironde municipalities and intercommunalities host CIDFF permanences and partner on events and programs. Partner municipalities include: Le Bouscat, Cadillac, Pauillac, Mérignac, Langon, Saint-Loubès, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Talence, Libourne, Lesparre-Médoc, Lormont, Eysines, Coutras, Floirac, Bègles, Bassens, Ambarès et Lagrave, Créon, Estuaire, Castillon Pujols, Blaye, Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île, and COBAS (Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud).

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mouvement Français pour le Planning Familial (MFPF): French family planning association with ~75 departmental affiliates delivering free sexual/reproductive health information, contraception guidance, and women's rights advocacy. Direct peer in mission (women's information, rights, anti-violence) and operating model (nonprofit, departmental permanence network, public funding), though focused on SRH rather than legal information.
• Femmes Solidaires: National French association (founded 1945) for women's rights with 200+ departmental branches delivering information, awareness campaigns, and support on gender equality and VSS. Comparable in mission, departmental-branch structure, public-interest advocacy, and free-of-charge service ethos.
• Fédération Nationale Solidarité Femmes (FNSF): National French network of associations supporting women victims of domestic violence, operating 75+ member associations across France. Highly comparable in mission (VSS support, women's rights advocacy), funding model (state subsidies, donations), and service mix (listening, accommodation, legal guidance), though FNSF focuses more on emergency housing while CIDFF adds the legal-information layer.
• CIDFF Paris: The Paris departmental CIDFF, also a member of the FNCIDFF national network. Provides the identical four-pillar service model (legal access, VSS support, employment, education/citizenship) at larger urban scale (~50 staff). The closest direct comparative benchmark for CIDFF Gironde in terms of operating model, funding partners, and accountability structure.
• Collectif Féministe contre le Viol (CFCV): Paris-based French feminist nonprofit that pioneered the first sexual-violence hotline in France and trains professionals on VSS response. Directly comparable in VSS support and awareness-raising mission, although national in scope rather than Gironde-territorial like CIDFF Gironde.
• France Victimes (116 006): National federation of 130+ associations providing free support to all categories of crime victims via the 116 006 helpline, including domestic violence victims. Comparable in service-delivery model (jurists, psychologists, free confidential support) and funding (Ministry of Justice approval), but broader in victim scope beyond gender-based violence.

Emerging players

• Nous Toutes: French feminist mobilization movement with 80+ local groups organizing campaigns against sexual and gender-based violence. Comparable VSS advocacy mission and grassroots organizing model, but operates as a campaign/activism organization rather than delivering direct services like CIDFF Gironde.
• Fondation des Femmes: Major French women's rights foundation funding grassroots projects and running high-profile campaigns (including the Nuit des Relais charity race co-organized with CIDFF Gironde). Comparable in gender-equality advocacy and donor mobilization, but operates as a funder rather than a direct service provider.

Broad incumbents

• Fédération Nationale des CIDFF (FNCIDFF): The national federation of which CIDFF Gironde is a member; coordinates 98 departmental CIDFF centers and 2,300 permanent locations nationwide. Directly comparable in mission (women's rights, VSS support, legal information) and operating model (multidisciplinary teams, permanent locations), but operates at national scale as an umbrella rather than at the departmental service-delivery level.

Regional players

• Centre Hubertine Auclert: Île-de-France regional center for gender equality, providing expertise, training, and resources on women's rights to public institutions, similar to CIDFF Gironde's training function. Comparable mission (gender equality promotion, professional training) but Île-de-France-focused rather than Gironde.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/pointinfofemmes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cidff-gironde

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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