The purpose of this study was to assess practices that enhance the engagement of womenrnhouseholds in functional adult literacy, assessing fa ctors those hinders it and identifying thernstrategies that are employed to engage women households in FAL program of the JinlIlla zone.rnThe study used a descriptive case study method, because it was found convenient to portrayrnexi sting situation about practices and challenges to engage women households in FALrnprogramme. The research included I woreda and I special zone. the study participants werernselected purposefullyA IO representative respondents composed of 374 women household s, IIrnfacilitators, 15 central management committee member at kebele level, 4 experts from woredarneducation ollice and women affa ir ollice, 4 member of woreda steering committee and 2 expertsrnfrom local NGO ollice. All of them account 30% of the total population of the study area. Threerndata gathering tools namely observation check- li st, interview and questionnaire had beenrnemployed in order to gather necessary data of the study which were composed of close ended andrnopen ended items were applied in the research. The data analysis technique was applied as that ofrnthe qualitative research. The data gathered through interview observation and questionnaire wasrnprocessed through three concurrent flows of activity of the qualitative anal ysis system whichrninclude data reduction, data di splay and conclusion drawing. It was performed using quantitativernpercentage anal ysis and qualitati ve thematic analys is. Major findings of the research werernarranged as follows: Prac tices were; recognit ion of FAL as a means of eradicating poverty, Thernavai lability of different declaration, Awareness created to the minds of women by influentialrnbodies, Supporti ve legal acts to organize women at different level, Acknowledgement ofrnwomen's work load by stake holders, Need assessment made at different places und timernincluding others. Chall enges were: I-Ieavy work load, Health problem, Lack of sufficient ti me,rnPoverty, Failure to receive family or husbands approval, needs to be at home to perform domesticrnchores, family cnrc. High rate of illiteracy amongst women, Domestic violence agninst women,rnLack of access to educational institute, Lack of qualified adult trainer and conte nts, Shortagc ofrnbudget, Problem of coordinating the programme etc. Strategies applied to the FAL programmernincluded: Accounting the strategies developed by women, Merging literacy with saving andrncredit acti vity, Understanding the women perspective, respecting the culture and belief ofrnwomen, Pushing womcn tomd leader ship using attract ive teaching mcthods and appropriaterncontents and Others. Rccommendation forwarded by the researcher arc: Learners, Facilitntors,rnGovernments, NGOs, and Stake-holders civil societies should be dig out the availablernopportunities and exploit appropriately to break-out the shell of illiteracy th at hamper thernachievcment of the Millennium Development Goal, The challenges encountered in the FALrnprogramme may be avoided when curriculum developer and Scholars in the related fieldsrnGovernment, NGOs, Civil Societies , the Ri ches and Stake holders put their contributionrnsufficiently to solve the problem of; the quality of education, Lack of awarcness ,Shortage ofrnbudget, Monitoring and evaluation of FAL programme, Low salary payment for Faci litato rsrnIncluding material suppl ies. Thus, everybody whom concern about FAL should apply thernstrategies and policy of government at the grass-root level