[1] She began to lead the maternity unit of the Centre hospitalier de Saint-Denis [fr] in 2011.

[1] This is a large facility that deals with 4,000 births each year from an international community,[2] She found that the hospital could not cope with the domestic abuse and other issues that were being presented.

[4] She founded the Maison des Femmes in July 2016,[5] The building was constructed on the hospital's last vacant lot.

[4] The Maison des Femmes employs people with a range of skills that include medicine and the police.

They also support those involved with sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, rape and domestic violence.