In urban Ethiopia, number of female migrants has been growing with time. Economic andrnsocial factors are major reasons for females' migrations in the country. Intention of females 'rnmigrations is basically related to improving standard of life. However, unemployment, underrnwaged employment and unsustainable livelihood strategies are common problems forrnsignificant proportion of female in-migrants in most urban centers of Ethiopia. As a result,rnmany female in-migrants lead their lives in worst situations and struggle with poverty thatrnworsens their lives. In view of this problem, the main objective of this study was torninvestigate survival strategies of female in-migrants in Gimbi town.rnBy using questionnaire, FGDs and interviews data were collected from 380 female inmigrantsrnrandomly selected. Then, analyses of the study were done using descriptive andrnbinary logistic regression stati stical tools as well as qualitative techniques. The finding of thernstudy reveals that economic factors (searching for jobs and transfer) and social fac tors (searchrnfor education, family formation and finding relatives/fri ends) are basic causes for you ng,rneconomically active and rural origin females' in-migrations to Gimbi town. Moreover, thernresult of the study indicates that active strategy, passive strategy and social network are thernbasic survival strategies female in-migrants often adopt to lead their lives in the town. Thesernstrategies are regularly reali zed by accepting avai lable job, reducing food intake, usingrnsecondhand cloth, renting housing unit with low cost, selling household properties,rnborrowing, receiving aids and sharing expenses.rnThe result of binary logistic regression analysis shows that the probability of female inmigrantsrnto accept available job as a survival strategy varies due to socio-economic andrndemographic factors. Accordi ngly, problems of economic status are recurrent among yo ung,rnrural origin, head, single, with dependent children, large family size, recent and illiteraternfemale in-migrants in Gimbi town. Simil arly, in the study town, female in-migrants could notrnearn income from their livelihood strategies are regularly overwhelmed by these problems.rnBecause, female in-migrants among all the aforementioned categories had higher likelihoodsrnto accept available job as a means of survival strategy compared with their respectiverncategories. However, accepting ava ilable job as a survival strategy is not influenced by ethnicrnbackground and religion of female in-migrants in the study town.rnOn the other hand, the outcome of this study also indicates that unemployment andrnunderemployment resulted from seasonality of work and low level of earning are the basicrneconomic challenges for many fem ale in-migrants in Gimbi town. Hence, as fea siblernrecommendations the fo llowings were stated. Reinfo rcing affirmative actions, strengtheningrnthe implementations of constitutional rights given to women, providing free family planningrnservices, supporting insti tutions working on improving life of poor female in-migrants,rnfaci litating situations in whi ch female in-migrants get training on awareness creation,rnaccentuating stabili zation of the current market inflations, and developing technical trainingrncenters that could assist fema le in-m igrants with low educational status.rnKey words: Female In -mi grant, Survival Strategies, Active Strategy, PassivernStrategy and Social Network