Women participation in the workforce plays a significant role for countryâ€Ÿs growth and development, and their participation in leadership contributes a lot in increasing the performance of an organization. However, women involvement in leadership role is inadequate all around the world in almost every industry and in Africa the difference increases. In general, the Ethiopian framework has been a masculine organizational context. This study is performed on one of the biggest industries and aims to assess factors hindering women from participating in leadership and forward some possible recommendations for solving the problems identified through the study. To perform this study descriptive survey was adopted and primary data source was used, which is structured questionnaires and interview. The questionnaire was distributed to 136 employees of the company selected randomly from different sections that have at least worked in Ethiopian Airlines Group for five years. The data was then analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS26). The method of analysis used for this research is descriptive statistics such as frequencies, mean and percentages. The result was presented using tables, percentages and figures. The main findings of the research are that women are underrepresented in Ethiopian Airlines and organizational factor is the major factor taking the highest share of the result followed by socio-cultural factor and then personal factor. In general, the study found that organizational factors like top management commitment and support, policies and practices of the company, and personal/individual factors like self-image, self-confidence and personal belief, as well as a lack of supervisors' recommendation to compete for higher positions, obstruct women's upward growth the most. Women's professional success is also hampered by societal considerations.