This article poses a methodological and ethical reflection on studies conducted with women using the narrative approach. Drawing on studies on the experiences of women practising polygamy and women living in poverty, the objective is to adopt a reflexive stance with regards to our research process and our position as researchers. These questions raise methodological and ethical issues that confronts us, as researchers, to certain dilemmas that require reflection. Our positioning in the face of these issues invites us to act in a way that supports the voices of women we meet in a quest for social change.