This study analyzed the factors influencing female empowerment and its benefits in community development in Imo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to describe the socio-economic characteristic of the respondents, examine the constraints to female empowerment, and ascertain the ways of female empowerment and factors influencing female empowerment. Multi stage random sampling technique was used in selecting 120 respondents for the study. Data for the study obtained were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The study also revealed that an average of 51.3% of the respondents strongly agreed on the perceived effects of female empowerment on community development while 25.50% of them agreed on the perceived benefits as 12.1% strongly disagreed while 11.1% disagreed on the perceived effects of female empowerment in community development. Results of multiple regression revealed that female empowerment at 1% level of probability indicate that age at 5%, income at 10%, education at 5% level of probability were the determinants of female empowerment in the study area. Result showed that the major constraints to female empowerment were: poor assess to productive resources (x ̅=2.8), lack of quality education (x ̅=2.77) and poor political representation (x ̅=2.74) while the major ways of female empowerment were providing training (3.25), providing opportunities (3.02), mentoring (2.83) and decision making positions. The study concluded that female empowerment improves health care and well-being of families and communities. The study therefore recommends that communities should be mobilized to support victims of gender based violence provide platforms for female girls and women’s voice to be heard