Exclusive breastfeeding is the infant receives only breast milk. WHO & UNICEF recommendrnthat every infant should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months. Globally, the rate ofrnexclusive breastfeeding (EBF) was 41% in 2018, while in East Africa it was 56%, in Ethiopiarn58% in 2016. Over two-thirds of deaths occurring worldwide during the first year of life is oftenrnassociated with inappropriate feeding practices, especially due to poor exclusive breastfeedingrnpractice. Other aggravating factor and the key reason is that working women in the formal andrninformal sectors around the world face challenges combining work with breastfeeding.rnTherefore, the purpose of this study was to assess exclusive breastfeeding practices andrnassociated factors among working mothers of children 7 to 23 months old.rnThe study was conducted in Qera Meberat Hayle Condominium. Community based bothrnquantitative and qualitative cross-sectional study was conducted. Study participants werernrandomly selected; data were collected from 422 working mothers of children 7 to 23 monthsrnold. The collected data were coded and entered in to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Factorsrnassociated with exclusive breastfeeding were determined using binary logistic regression. Out ofrnthe 422 working mothers 148 (35.1%) were practices exclusive breastfeeding and 274 (64.9 %)rnof respondents did not practice of exclusive breastfeeding at the time of the survey. Adjustedrnodds ratios of exclusive breastfeeding were Age of the mothers was significantly associated withrnexclusive breastfeeding practice. Mothers who had access to feed breast milk at work place werern16 times [AOR=17.174(6.256, 47.143)] more likely to practice exclusive BF than mothers didnâ€™trnhave access. The study concludes that a large proportion of children were not exclusivelyrnbreastfed by working mothers. The duration of EBF was below the WHO recommendation andrnthe target of the Ethiopian health sector development plan.