Ethiopia 's economy has been challenged by ji-equent food insecurity for decades as a resultrnof many interrelated environmental, socia-economic and political reasons. Th e 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(PIli;!) sets out the fi'amework for gender mainstreaming in the program. This study is anrnassessment and evaluation based research that aimed at assessing the role of PSNP inrnempowering wamen 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. Dmwn through purposive and conveniencernsampling techniqu es a total oJ371 people participated in the study out nJwhich 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 re cognition and respect. However, on thernother hand the mo st important gender proviSions have not been properly addressed in thernimplementation process. To allain the anticipated results of PSNP the implementers need tornbe trained on gender mainstreaming and be well informed about the con/ent of the PIMrnRevision of the PIM would be ins/rwnental to clear so me issues that have g iv en loopholesrnfor not implementing the provisions strictly. The monitoring and evaluation system need tornbe st re ngthened and include gender sensitive indicators.