H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation, and Head of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, today attended a celebration held at the Zayed Sports City to mark the 45th UAE National Day.

Others who attended the celebration included Intisar el-Sisi, Egypt's First Lady; Wedad Babaker, wife of the President of Sudan; Dragica Nikolic, Serbia's First Lady; Keita Aminata Maiga, Mali's First Lady, and Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, as well as sheikhas and women ministers and leaders.

Sheikha Fatima thanked the organisers of the celebration and expressed delight at the participation of Emirati women in the special parades organised by the Armed Forces and the police.