THE VIEWS OF JADID THINKERS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS AS A HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION OF CONTEMPORARY GENDER POLICY

Abstract

This article examines the conceptual views of representatives of the Jadid movement, which brought about a revolutionary transformation in the socio-political thought of Turkestan in the early twentieth century, regarding women's rights and their paradigmatic significance within contemporary gender policy. The study employs comparative-historical analysis to investigate the philosophical, journalistic, and literary heritage of prominent Jadid intellectuals such as Mahmudhoja Behbudi, Abdurauf Fitrat, and Munawwarqori Abdurashidkhanov. The article demonstrates that the Jadids’ ideas concerning women's education, reform of the family institution, and opposition to forced marriage should not be regarded merely as manifestations of Westernization; rather, they represented a fundamental movement grounded in Islamic progressivism and aimed at preserving and strengthening the intellectual and moral potential of the nation. The scientific novelty of the study lies in its synchronous analysis of the ideological and spiritual continuity between the socio-philosophical doctrine of Jadidism and contemporary models of gender equality in New Uzbekistan. The findings reveal the historical and spiritual foundations that connect Jadid reformist ideas with present-day gender policy initiatives.