From a life span development perspective, migration is a non-normative life transition,rnrequiring extensive adaptation. Ethiopian women labor migrants to the Middle Easternrncountries remain among the most vulnerable of all migrant populations. Researchers oftenrnnoted this vulnerable situation of the women. Empirical literature on women labor migrantsrnhas long been dominated by research that focuses on the negative aspects, such as theirrnvulnerability to economic, sexual exploitation, and psychopathology. There is lack of researchrnthat focuses on supporting and empowering these women. There is a new interest inrnidentifying migrants' resistance resources that promote healthy psychological functioning.rnThis study aims to assess and describe women labor migrantsâ€™ perceived level of stress due torntheir migration experiences, explore their migration experiences that were potential sources ofrnstress, uncover the salient coping strategies they employed to deal with stress, assess andrndescribe the level of resilience of the women, identify the positive migration experiences andrninner positive personal capacities that reinforced their resilience during their stay abroad, andrnexamine the associations among the variables. The study was based on the experiences ofrnreturnee women. The study employed a mixed methods approach to data collection andrnanalysis. A non-probabilistic sample of 118 women returnees responded to a surveyrnadministered in the quantitative approach of the research. In the qualitative approach, in orderrnto contextualize and add depth to the data gathered through the quantitative survey, semi-rnstructured interviews were conducted with a sub-sample of 11 women who had taken part inrnthe survey. The major findings emanating from this study were: (1) the majority of thernparticipants experienced moderate to high levels of perceived stress. The major sources ofrntheir stress were: personal experiences of social isolation, exploitative working conditions,rnlanguage barrier, separation from family and lack of communication, their undocumentedrnlegal status, and breakup of important long-term relationships. (2) Following distressing lifernexperiences in the host countries, participants engaged in determined efforts to cope withrnstressors and developed their own coping strategies. The most frequently employed copingrnstrategies were: use of emotional social support, use of instrumental/informational socialrnsupport, religious coping, focusing on the positives, and active coping (taking direct action torna problem). (3) Despite all the hardships they experienced, many of the participants displayedrnresilience and developed competencies in acculturating themselves to a new environment,rnminimizing the impact of consequent psychological distress. The majority of the women werernfound to have high resilience levels. During their stay abroad, they derived significantrnstrength from external as well as internal (personal) sources. (4) High-resilient women laborrnmigrants had significantly lower levels of perceived stress than low-resilient migrants. This isrnbecause high level of resilience does seem to significantly increase the use of adaptive copingrnstrategies. (5) Being a migrant of rural origin, being undocumented migrant, and having lowrneducational status were related to increases in perceived stress among the women. Havingrnbetter educational status was found to have a potential link with empowerment and resilience.rnOverall, the results demonstrated that while there were stressors common across participants,rnthere were unique personal and situational circumstances that could mediate the impact of arnstressor. This study can be seen as an inquiry where the strengths were discovered andrnappreciated, in addition to their challenges. Implications for practice and for further research,rnemerged from this study, are discussed