Gender violence is a day-to-day tragedy around the world. Many females, both childrenrnand adults, have suffered a great deal from different acts of violence because of their sex.rnRape, beating, female genital mutilation (FGM), abduction, and early marriage arernamong the dominant types of gender violence that affect women physically,rnpsychologically, socially and economically.rnThe media may play significant roles by covering and framing gender violence. How thernmedia portray gender violence has pronounced implications on both public perceptionrnand social policy. Therefore, to better understand these portrayals, this study examinesrnthe Ethiopian print media coverage of gender violence over one year period. The studyrncontent analyzes a nationally representative sample of newspaper coverage of genderrnviolence during the period of September 2006 to September 2007. Three Amharicrnnewspapers, Addis Admas, Police na Ermijaw, and Medical which deal with the social,rncrime and health aspects of gender violence, were used for analysis. In addition,rnjournalists and editors who work for the sample newspapers were interviewed tornsupplement the information gathered through content analysis.rnThe results of the study show that in terms of coverage, the analyzed newspapers mostlyrnframed gender violence using human interest and empathy frames. However, theyrnignored economic and conflict frames. Private owned Addis Admas and governmentrnowned Police na Ermijaw have given gender violence a better extent of coveragerncompared to Medical. Furthermore, rape and beating were found to be the mostrnfrequently reported forms of violence in the newspapers. Most of the articles wererninformative rather than educative. They focused on reporting committed violence andrncourt trials held regarding gender violence. Little was done, however, in educating thernpublic on the health consequences and possible treatments of the violence.rnAcronymsrnEMWA- Ethiopian