The study was designed to explore rural women's access to land and their food securityrnsituation in two rural Kebeles in Hulet Ejue Enese Woreda, East Gojjam Zone AmhararnRe gion. The research applied both quantitative and qualitative methods to address issuesrnfrom a gender perspective. Survey of 89 households was conducted using the quantitativernmethod. While the qualitative methods applied, were interviews with rural women, menrnand with relevant Woreda Office experts and Kebele Land Administers; focus grouprndiscussions with rural women and men; case stories and observation. The livelihoodrnapproach and feminist theories: Liberal and Marxists feminist theories have been therntheoretical frameworks that underpin this study.rnThis study revealed that ru ral women can get access to land through land distribution,rnmarriage and inheritance from parents. However, female-headed households have lessrnaccess to land than male-headed households and, as a result their production is less thanrntheir male counterparts. The study findings indicate that rural women engage in variousrnagricultural activities though there are activities that women are not supposed to engagerndue to cultural division of labour which put women in a more disadvantageous andrnvulnerable position than men. On the other hand, , rural women's particularly, femaleheadedrnhouseholds' role in community based activities such as edir, equb, mahiber andrnother Peasant adminstrtion activities.rnWomen's access to credit, participation in community based activities and food supply inrnAgam-woha kebele is better than in Shege-keranio kebele. This is because, Agam-woharnkebele is closer to market and town while Shege-keranio is faraway from all these.rnMoreover, the result of the research shows that there is a link between access to land andrnfood security.