Princess Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, or as commonly styled with the honorific «Sheikha», Sheikha Sabika, is the Queen consort of Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, and the mother of the Crown Prince, Salman ibn Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa. As the head of the Supreme Council for Women in Bahrain, she has encouraged the expansion of women's political rights in Bahrain urging women to vote in the 2001 elections and, in June 2005, hosted the first ladies of the Arab world in Bahrain for the second meeting of the Higher Council of Arab Women Organisation. She is also the chief patron of the Society for Women and Children in Bahrain and has addressed the United Nations General Assembly on topics such as Children - future action and Children - program implementation.
