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Item COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES DEPARTEMNT OF GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPEMNT STUDIES ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN‟S ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PRORECTION: IN THE CASE OF CHEHA WOREDA, GURAGHE ZONE.(wku, 2024-08-07) KUMELACHEW WOLDEGEBRIEL TIMERGAToday the concern of environmental protection is a common agenda and a serious issue of the world. Particularly, it is the serious problem in developing countries. In Ethiopia, environmental protection is the critical development challenges facing the country. The general objective of this study is to assess the role of women in environmental protection activities in Guraghe Zone Cheha woreda. Besides, this study, intended to examine factors that affect the involvement of women environmental protection activities in the study area and to indicate the level of women involvement in decision making role in environmental sustainability in Cheha woreda. To meet the objective of the study, a mixed-method combining both quantitative and qualitative components were used in the study. To answer the study objectives, a structured questionnaire from 285 respondents’ selected using simple random sampling technique and analyzed by statistical software packages; besides, interview, FGD , secondary data analysis were also used as qualitative means. According to the result, the level of women participation in environmental protection activities became in lower level; this was attributed by lack of awareness raising schemes, lack of capable agricultural office staffs that can enhance the role of women in environmental mitigation approaches, limited budget allocation and implementation were also contributing factors as major findings. To create resilient environmental protection and ecological balance; cultural assumptions and myths about women rights should be considered, measures like designing women based environmental strategies, capacity building schemes for women exclusively, integration of environmental mitigation work, networking the issue with organizations and enhancing women decision making role and fair budget allocation for the sector office should be taken into account to enhance the role of women in environmental protection activities in Cheha Woreda.