- Theatre performer Moza Al Mazrouie
- Poet Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi, known as Fatat Al Arab, the Girl of Arabs, or Gulf poet laureate
- Photographer Sheikha Jasem Al Suwaidi. Now in her 80s, she started photography in the 1950s
- Doctoral student Dr Ayesha Al Sayyar, former Deputy Minister of Educational Activities at the Ministry of Education
- Police officer First Warrant Officer Lulwa Abdulla was one of 23 women in the first training course in 1978
- Political science professor Nesrin Murad joined UAE University in 1982
- Paramedic Jamila Al Zaabi
- Film producer Nayla Al Khaja, CEO of D-SEVEN Motion Pictures
- Judge Khulood Al Dhaheri was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department in 2008
- Aircraft engineer Suaad Al Shamsi
- Military prosecutor Shaimaa Al Tunaiji
- Metro operator Mariam Al Safar became the first female train driver in the Middle East 2012
- Fighter pilot Major Mariam Al Mansouri led the UAEs air strikes against ISIL in Syria in 2014
- Landscape designer Kamelia Bin Zaal will be the first Emirati to be featured in the Chelsea Flower Show, 2015
- Polar explorer Elham Al Qasim became the first Arab and Emirati woman to reach the North Pole, in April 2010
- Chef Khulood Atiq is the professional Emirati chef and Arabian and Emirati cuisine specialist for Abu Dhabis Tourism Development and Investment Compan
Credit: The National