As a modernizer seeking to mobilize his entire population, Qaddafi promoted women’s social and economic inclusion by expanding education for girls, granting women the right to divorce, and appointing female judges and ministers. Though Qaddafi’s female guards were mocked as the trappings of his eccentricity, they actually represented his desire to liberate women.
但卡扎菲传统最重要的积极因素是妇女的部分解放。身为设法动员所有民众的现代化主义者，卡扎菲通过实行扩大女童教育、赋予女性离婚权及任命女性法官部长等举措推动女性的社会及经济融入。虽然卡扎菲的女保镖被当作他古怪的证据而备受嘲笑，但她们却在事实上代表了他解放妇女的意愿。