Teshome RozaBirhan YeshiHailu Shewit2024-01-012024-01-012023http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1338Background:Despite initiatives to encourage male partners' participation in childbirth, Male partners rarely involveduring childbirth in low and middle-income nationsincluding Ethiopia.And almost all qualitative studies in Ethiopia examined the barriers to male partner involvement from the perspective of male partners and health workers. while women's barriers to male partner involvementwere left unexplored. Objectives: This study aimed to explore barriers to male partner involvement during labour and delivery from the perspectivesof clients and midwives in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital and Teklehaymanot health center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023G.C. Methods: Qualitative exploratory and descriptive study design was conducted in TASH and Teklehaymanot health center from March 1-April 1,2023 G.C. Atotal of twenty-six (26) participants (10 midwives & 16 clients) and two (2) key informants were purposively selected. Face-to-face in-depth interviews and key informant interviews were used to collect the data using interview guiding questions. And data were analyzed with a thematic analysis approach using ATLAS ti9 software. Result: This study has explored different forms of barriers to male partner involvement during labour and delivery. These are institutional, sociocultural, perceptions, awareness, and fear Conclusion and recommendations: The result of this study indicates that the barriers differently hinder male partner involvement during labour and delivery. And this denotes the need for addressing the deep-rooted sociocultural practices and perceptions to implement male partner involvement during labour and delivery. Community-based awareness creationon the benefits of male partner involvementand roles of male partners,creating a couple-friendly environment and use of materials like curtain/large screens to assure women's privacy in health institutions, and couple-oriented counseling on male partner involvementwere recommended based on the study findings.en-USBarriers, male, partner, involvement, midwives, clients, labour, deliveryThesis