The study is generally intended to investigate challenges and opportunities facing womenrnmanagers in the executive branch regional level bureaus and offices of the oromia region.rnMoreover, it is concerned with identifj'ing altitude of subordinates towards wolnen ina nagel's 'rnbehavior, and identifying initiatives taken by the organizations and regional government tornresolve women managers' problems. to attain these objectives data is collected from secondaryrnand primary sources .PriI1lCllY data is collected from women and men managers as wei! as theirrnsubordinates using survey questionnaire and semi structured interview schedules. secondaryrndata is colleted from regional gender related policy documents