This article intends to map the subjectivity of women who are victims of gender violence perpetrated by their partners. The tools to compose this cartography consisted of a intervention, by means of a workshop where the narrative was used. The workshops were organized with the participation of ten women victims of gender violence, assisted by "Maria Mulher/Porto Alegre", which is a non-governmental organization for African Brazilian women. Artistic resources were also used, such as the manufacturing and painting of masks, physical expression exercises and dramatizations. This article focuses on three meetings of this workshop. The first one, where the women narrated their personal histories; the second one, where they were told the stories of female orixás [African-Brazilian deities]; and the third one, where space was given for the ritualization. It was observed that these women are submitted to multiple kinds of violence, which paralyzes their movements of desire, arresting and territorializing them in the roles of mother, wife and care-giver. On the other hand, the workshops made possible the constitution of new territories and possibilities of becoming beyond the violence.
gender violence; empowerment; subjectivity