President of the General Women's Union, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation, Honorary President of the Emirates Businesswomen Council , and a founding member of the Arab Women's Organization since its founding in 2002.

She holds the title “Mother of the Emirates,” a title she received on International Women’s Day on March 21, 2005. She is the wife of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and president of the United Arab Emirates, and the mother of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates.

Sheikha Fatima founded and headed a number of associations, including the Abu Dhabi Women’s Development Association on February 8, 1973, the General Women’s Union on August 27, 1975, the Center for Handicrafts and Environmental Industries in the Women’s Union in (1978), and the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak for Citizen Affairs and Social Services on September 1. 1991, the Refugee Women’s Fund in cooperation and coordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2000, the Family Development Foundation in 2006, and the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood in 2003.

She also chaired the Zayed House for Comprehensive Care since 1988, the Women’s Action Coordination Committee in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula in 1994, the presidency of the Abu Dhabi Ladies Club since 1995, and the presidency of the Arab Women’s Organization between 2007-2009.

She was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities and social sciences from the University of Algiers in 2005, an honorary fellowship from the British Royal College of Physicians and Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 2009, and an honorary doctorate in education from Dankuk University in South Korea in 2012.

The Sudan University of Science and Technology also granted Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak an honorary doctorate in community development on March 14, 2013, in appreciation of Her Highness’s distinguished efforts in advancing and developing educational institutions for the people of the Arab world.

Sheikha Fatima has received more than 31 local, regional and international awards and certificates of appreciation for her role in supporting charitable and humanitarian work around the world, and her continuous efforts for the advancement of Emirati and Arab women, supporting family and children’s issues, and her pioneering positions in empowering women to participate politically, the most recent of which was honoring the United Nations. and the United Nations Fund for Women (UNFEM), in recognition of its leadership role in supporting women, family and children’s issues.

Sheikha Fatima was born in Al Hayer in the city of Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. She lived her childhood under the care of the Arab tribe (Bani Kutub), and married the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan in 1960 when he was ruler of the Eastern Province (Al Ain).