Ethiopiaâ€™s economy has been challenged by frequent food insecurity for decades as a resultrnof many interrelated environmental, socio-economic and political reasons. The increasingrnsevere food insecurity in recent years forced the Ethiopian government to develop the FoodrnSecurity Strategy (FSS) that could provide social protection for the rural community. Foodrninsecurity has a gender dimension. Women are the most vulnerable section of the society tornfood insecurity as they lack adequate access to productive resources, services and lessrnparticipation decision making. The Strategy recognized the negative impacts of the existingrngender inequality in achieving food security. Therefore, one of the food security programs,rnPSNP, is designed to address the gender disparities. The PSNP implementation manualrn(PIM) sets out the framework for gender mainstreaming in the program. This study is anrnassessment and evaluation based research that aimed at assessing the role of PSNP inrnempowering women in food security by examining the implementation of the program inrnJamma Woreda of the Amhara Regional State. Qualitative and quantitative methods werernemployed to generate and analyze data. Drawn through purposive and conveniencernsampling techniques a total of 371 people participated in the study out of which 263 are inrnthe household survey, 45 in the interview and 63 in the focus group discussion. The result ofrnthe research shows that PSNP has contributed in empowering women economically and inrnsocial aspects of their life. Women equally contribute to their community development byrntheir participation in PW and able to generate income for their households. This in turnrnbrought them personal empowerment, community recognition and respect. However, on thernother hand the most important gender provisions have not been properly addressed in the implementation process. To attain the anticipated results of PSNP the implementers need to be trained on gender mainstreaming and be well informed about the content of the PIM. Revision of the PIM would be instrumental to clear some issues that have given loopholes for not implementing the provisions strictly. The monitoring and evaluation system need to be strengthened and include gender sensitive indicators