While the organization had the task to simply enforce the policy of King Zog I of Albania, this policy was in fact, a radical and progressive state feminism, as the Civil Code of 1928 secured women the right to equal inheritance, divorce, education and the right to work, as well as banning of arranged marriages, harems and the veil.
It was under the protection of the queen mother Sadije Toptani, and its chairperson was Princess Senije Zogu.
The government policy was however radical, as the Civil Code of 1928 stated that women had equal right to inheritance and divorce, abolished arranged and forced marriage and polygamy and gave women the right to education and a professional life.
[4] Among the many reforms which was enforced by the women's association through its local branches were the abolition of the veil, which was to be enforced by persuasion and campaigning rather than aggressively, and the king's sisters were given the task to act as role models by appearing unveiled in public.
In reality, however, the work did not manage to achieve much success outside of the cosmopolitan elite of the cities and was in practice mostly of benefit to the upper class.