GYNECOLOGIE SANS FRONTIERES

What GYNECOLOGIE SANS FRONTIERES does

Gynécologie Sans Frontières (GSF) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1995 and headquartered in Le Raincy, Île-de-France, dedicated to women's health in underserved and crisis-affected settings. The organization operates through a volunteer corps of midwives, gynecologists, and obstetricians delivering humanitarian missions across more than 25 countries, including Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Togo, Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan, and Kosovo, alongside domestic programs in France supporting exiled women (CamiFrance / SoliSaFe mission) and victims of violence (Violence Santé Femme platform). Its core competencies combine field-based obstetric and gynecological care, professional training (notably the FGOH – Formation en Gynécologie Obstétrique Humanitaire program offered twice yearly), and a proprietary library of pedagogical tools including the Relations & Prévention board game (1,200+ copies distributed), Photo-Expression, the Violentometer, the Cloti educational doll, and the D'acc/Pas d'acc game.

The organization's digital infrastructure is built around three coordination platforms: CamiFrance (medico-psycho-social coordination for exiled women in France), Violence Santé Femme (launched 2022, coordinating healthcare response to gender-based violence), and Femmes Exilées France (transparency and activity tracking). These platforms are operational rather than technologically differentiated — they aggregate data, allocate volunteer spots in shelters, and facilitate professional referrals. GSF's revenue model is a mixed non-profit structure combining annual membership fees (€50 standard, €25 for under 26), tax-deductible individual donations via Hello Asso, corporate partnerships with percentage-of-sales commitments (BAÙBO donating 2% of baume sales, JHO donating 1.7% of revenue), payroll micro-donations via MicroDON, and institutional grants from AFD, KfW, the French Embassy, Sanofi Espoir Foundation, and Groupe VYV. Public subsidies have accounted for less than 15% of the budget for the past decade, leaving the organization heavily dependent on private donation flows and recurring corporate commitments.

As of September 2023, GSF initiated a formal financial alert procedure due to declining post-COVID donor support, competition from climate-focused foundations, and reduced public subsidies. The autumn 2023 FGOH session in Bordeaux was cancelled to redirect staff effort toward fundraising. Despite these pressures, the organization continues to operate active missions and maintains a 12-person headquarters team with a Board of Directors capped at 15 members.

Name

GYNECOLOGIE SANS FRONTIERES

Legal name

Gynécologie Sans Frontières

Website

https://gynsf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gynécologie Sans Frontières is a French humanitarian NGO founded in 1995 that deploys volunteer midwives and gynecologists across 25+ countries to deliver women's health, obstetric care, and violence-response services to underserved and exiled women.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Raincy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Annual membership fees of 50 euros (25 euros for members under 26). Membership allows participation in missions, voting at general assemblies, and candidacy to the board of directors.
2. Donations: Individual donations collected via Hello Asso platform. GSF practices fund mutualization across missions rather than earmarking donations for specific projects. Tax deductions of 75% for donations up to 1000 euros, 66% for amounts exceeding 1000 euros.
3. Corporate partnerships: Support from companies including percentage of sales (BAÛBO: 2% of sales, JHO: 1.7% of revenue), micro-donations via payroll giving (Cellenza, MicroDON), and direct corporate donations (Fondation Raja, Groupe ETAM, Laboratoire 7Med).
4. Institutional funding: Support from public institutions including AFD (French Development Agency), KfW, French Embassy, Sanofi Espoir Foundation, and Ministry of Health. Less than 15% of budget from public subsidies since 2015.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

GSF is a French humanitarian NGO composed essentially of midwives and doctors that promotes women's global health on medical, psychological, and social dimensions. It delivers volunteer humanitarian healthcare missions in countries with insufficient or inaccessible infrastructure (maternal mortality, obstetric emergencies, FGM, perinatal care), runs the FGOH training program to certify healthcare professionals in humanitarian obstetrics, and operates two domestic French missions: SoliSaFe/CamiFrance (medico-psycho-social care for exiled/precarious women) and Violence Santé Femme (coordination platform for violence response).

Product overview

Gynécologie Sans Frontières (GSF) is a humanitarian NGO primarily composed of midwives and doctors dedicated to women's health globally. The organization operates through two main digital platforms—Plateforme Violence Santé Femme for coordinating violence against women response, and Plateforme Femmes Exilées France (CamiFrance) for supporting exiled women—alongside its flagship FGOH humanitarian training program. GSF offers a suite of pedagogical tools including the Relations & Prévention educational card game, the D'acc/Pas d'acc board game, Photo-Expression tools, and the Cloti educational doll. The organization distributes childbirth kits through international partnerships and publishes photo books documenting field missions. International missions focus on emergency obstetric care training (SONU), while French missions address violence against women and support for migrant women.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CamiFrance: Mission in France for women victims of exile and/or precariousness, providing medico-psycho-social support through a network of spots across France.
• FGOH
• Violence Santé Femme
• SoliSaFe

Products and services

• FGOH – Formation en Gynécologie Obstétrique Humanitaire 5-day training program in humanitarian obstetric gynecology, offered twice yearly in France (next Bordeaux session 22-26 June 2026), certifying midwives, doctors, nurses, and psychology professionals for humanitarian deployments; approximately 25 participants per session.
• Mission SoliSaFe / CamiFrance (formerly Caminor) Domestic French mission delivering medico-psycho-social support to exiled, refugee, and precariously housed women through 'spots' in CADA, HUDA, and emergency shelters nationwide; coordinated via the CamiFrance/Femmes Exilées France digital platform.
• Missions Internationales (International Humanitarian Missions) On-site volunteer humanitarian healthcare delivery in partner countries covering emergency obstetric care, SONU training of local professionals, maternal mortality reduction, family planning, and gynecological care; active in 20+ countries.
• Plateforme Violence Santé Femme Digital coordination platform enabling healthcare professionals to refer and coordinate support for victims of gender-based and domestic violence, with resource sharing and professional network features.
• Plateforme CamiFrance / Femmes Exilées France Digital platform supporting the CamiFrance mission with medico-psycho-social care coordination for exiled and precarious women in France, including activity tracking and transparency indicators.
• MOOC – Formation des Soignants Online training modules for healthcare professionals covering violence-against-women response, hosted at violencesantefemme.fr/outils/formation-des-soignants/.
• Jeu 'Relations & Prévention' Educational card game on relationships, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases, distributed to over 1,200 copies since 2014 in partnership with Laboratoire 7Med.
• Jeu 'D'acc / Pas d'acc' Educational board game addressing childbirth and maternal health decisions, used in awareness sessions within GSF missions.
• Outil Photo-Expression Photo-expression tool used in workshops to facilitate discussions around women's health, gender-based violence, and reproductive health.
• Poupée Cloti Textile doll representing the clitoris, designed as a playful educational tool for sexual health education and discussions about female anatomy; created by Estelle Dehame.
• Kits d'accouchement (Childbirth Kits) Childbirth kits containing newborn clothing, perinatal hygiene materials, medical consumables, medications, and mosquito nets, distributed to pregnant women in vulnerable regions through the ASCOVIME partnership.
• Livres photos 'Femmes, je vous aime...' Photo books documenting GSF humanitarian missions, offered as thank-you gifts to donors and showcasing work with women undergoing gynecological surgeries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 years of continuous operation supporting women's health
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Laboratoire 7MedcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership for renewal of the 'Relations & Prevention' educational board game. Laboratoire 7Med produces copper IUDs for contraception and supports GSF's commitment to women's health and respect. Partnership enabled new edition of tool distributed to 1200+ copies since 2014.
• ASCOVIMEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Cameroonian humanitarian association created in 2008 by Dr. Georges Bwelle. Partnership since 2021 for Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (SONU) training programs in Cameroon. GSF provides training of trainers while ASCOVIME handles local operations. Multi-year program supported by AFD, KfW, French Embassy, and Sanofi Espoir Foundation.
• BAÛBOcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019Parisian intimate care brand (certified BCorp, Ecocert Cosmos Organic) that donates 2% of all Baume sales to GSF. Partnership supports CamiFrance mission for exiled women in France. Ongoing since 2019.
• JHO (Juste & Honnête)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018Nantes-based company producing organic menstrual protection products. Donates 1.7% of revenue to 5 associations including GSF for the CamiFrance mission. Partnership since 2018, with quarterly funding or product donations for exiled women support spots in France.
• CellenzaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMicrosoft Cloud consulting firm that implemented micro-donation program via MicroDON, allowing employees to donate salary cents to GSF among three chosen associations. Part of corporate social responsibility initiative.
• Agence du Don en Nature (ADN)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership since 2019 for redistribution of hygiene products and supplies for women and children followed by CamiFrance mission. Products include adult and baby hygiene products, feminine protection, and other necessities.
• Groupe VYVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenewed partnership in June 2022 for three years. VYV has supported GSF projects in Madagascar (2017), Guinea Conakry (2018), Sikasso Mali (2018), Togo (2018-2019), Cameroon (2021), and Central African Republic (2021) for maternal morbidity and mortality reduction programs.
• Les Orchidées RougesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranco-Ivorian NGO partnership for fighting all forms of violence against women and girls, particularly female genital mutilation, forced/early marriages, and other harmful traditional practices.
• Association Nationale des Sages-Femmes Libérales (ANFSL)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership signed January 2021 for joint communications, participation in events, shared competencies, and reciprocal relay of information and actions between the two organizations.
• Trek'in GazellesminorGTM or Marketing Partner100% female eco-responsible desert rally in Morocco. Teams participate to raise funds and awareness for GSF, including Les FÉES&RI DU DESERT team in 2023.
• Un Rien c'est ToutminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAssociation that supports exiled women and joined GSF's action as indispensable partners, providing solidarity and shared mission values.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• UNFPA: United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency focused on maternal health, family planning, and gender-based violence response globally. Strong peer match given GSF's overlapping focus on SRH/FP, maternal mortality, and violence against women in low-resource settings.
• Action contre la Faim: French-founded international humanitarian organization combating hunger, with significant maternal and child health programming in many of the same African and Asian countries where GSF operates. Comparable as a fellow French-headquartered humanitarian NGO with overlapping field presence and institutional funding base (AFD, EU).
• CARE International: Major international humanitarian NGO with explicit focus on women and girls' health, rights, and economic empowerment across underserved regions. Comparable as both organizations target women's health and gender-based violence outcomes in similar geographies through partnership-driven programming.
• Solidarités International: French humanitarian organization providing emergency aid in conflict and disaster zones, including water/sanitation and maternal health support. Comparable as a French-headquartered, AFD-funded humanitarian NGO operating in many of the same African countries (Mali, Cameroon, CAR, DRC) as GSF.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): International medical humanitarian organization providing emergency medical care in conflict zones and underserved regions. Highly comparable to GSF as both deliver field-based medical humanitarian missions via volunteer healthcare professionals, though MSF operates at vastly greater scale and across broader medical specialties beyond women's health.
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF): Global federation delivering sexual and reproductive health services and advocating for women's rights in 120+ countries. Highly comparable on the reproductive health, contraception education, and SRH service delivery dimensions that GSF addresses through its missions and pedagogical tools.
• Médecins du Monde: French-founded international medical humanitarian NGO delivering care to vulnerable populations including migrants, refugees, and women. Directly comparable mission overlap with GSF, particularly on the domestic French CamiFrance-type work supporting exiled populations, though Médecins du Monde covers far broader medical scope.

Direct peers

• International Medical Corps: International humanitarian organization delivering health services and training in conflict-affected and underserved regions, including reproductive and maternal health programming. Directly comparable field-operating model where both organizations deliver women's health training of trainers (SONU) and clinical services through volunteer medical professionals.
• Women for Women International: NGO serving women survivors of war and conflict in countries including DRC, Nigeria, and Afghanistan with integrated health, economic, and social support. Directly comparable mission overlap on serving women in conflict-affected and underserved regions with combined medical, psychosocial, and social assistance.

Regional players

• AMREF Health Africa: African-led health NGO headquartered in Kenya delivering training and health services with strong focus on maternal and reproductive health across sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable as both organizations prioritize training local healthcare professionals in SONU/EmONC and operate extensively in Mali, Cameroon, Togo, DRC, and other West/Central African countries where GSF is active.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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