Gender division of labor is a Scio-cultural construction and assignment of tasks forrnmales and females. The very nature of gender division of labor is its variation acrossrncultures. Therefore, it needs specific attention in particular place to have a specific datarnabout who does what in that area.This study was conducted at Fafen (Golmorodi andrnAra-as), a kebelie from Gorsum woreda in Jigjiga zone (Somali Region).It was designedrnto investigate what wives and husbands do in domestic chores; crop, vegetable and fruit,rnas well as livestock productions; and selling of agricultural products. Besides, the studyrnwas designed to see the influencing factors for the division of tasks among couples andrnthe role of wives and husbands for saving and managing the household income. Bothrnquantitative and qualitative research designs were used. Hundred respondents (fiftyrnwives and fifty husbands) were taken as a sample from the total population of onernthousand. Ten couples (five wives and five husbands) were taken for in-depth interviewrnfrom those who responded to the questionnaires. The selection of the respondents hasrnbeen done using simple random sampling technique. Besides, three key informants wererntaken for in depth interview through purposive sampling technique. Structured interviewrnwas employed for collecting the data from questionnaire respondents. The findingrnindicated that wives perform all tasks in household chores, selling of agriculturalrnproducts and saving and managing the income of the household. They also perform mostrnof the tasks in livestock production; whereas, the participation of husbands in livestockrnproduction is less. On the contrary, husbands accomplish most of the tasks in croprnproduction, however, wives also accomplish tasks alone and together with their husbandsrnin this production; and both wives and husbands carry out tasks in vegetable and fruitrnproductions. The finding depicted the variation of the participation of couples acrossrncrops, vegetables, fruits and tasks in these items and wives of the study area werernoverburdened with multiple tasks. Factors that sway the division of tasks among couplesrnwere interrelated and mainly emanate from the culture of the study area. Hence, there isrna need to ease the burden of the wives in the study area through creating awareness forrnsociety in general and husbands in particular to share the above mentioned tasks