This rescarch examined the portra yal and rcprcsentations of Ethiopian womcn In print Media,rnwhich were published from Meskerem 1, 200 I to Meskerem I, 2002 E.CrnTo carry o ut this in vesti ga tion thc ma jor methodological ap proach was qua li tative rcsearch.rnAccordingly, content analys is, in-depth interview and questionnaires have been used to collectrndata. Purposive, conveni ent and simple random samplings were employed to se lect newspapers,rnmagazines and respondents of the study. Accordingly, li fty-two sample edi tions wcre taken fromrn10 newspapers and one magazine (Addis Admas, Addis Zemen and Kalkidan).The studyrninvolved, 81 participants but the data were gathered iiÂ·om 71 ind ividuals finall y. (i.e. 65 werernreaders and six journalists)rnThe findi ng of the resea rch revea led that women and thcir issucs were scarcely presented inrnn ~lVspapcrs and magazi nes. The only topic where women had better representation was topicrnrdated to gcnder-bascd viol ence. In issues such as politics and eco nomy, they were almos t non-rn~x i s tent. Women were fiÂ·cqu ently portrayed as victims of gender-based violence and asrneconomica lly dependent. They were barely represented as asscrti ve, public fi gures and as rolernmodel s. In media women are portrayed most ly performing the ir tradit ional roles. Main lyrnrcproducti ve roles of women were highly emphasized in newspapers and magazines.rnFina ll y, the representation of women in top deci sion -making position was al so not propo rtiona l.rnMen he ld majority of top decision-making positions compared to women. This implies unfa irrnâ€¢rnrep rese ntation of women in top decision-mak ing position.