GENDER EQUALITY AS AREA OF I. GASPRINSKY’S AWARENESS-RAISING ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The objective of the paper is to study and to produce a holistic view of the I. Gasprinsky activity aimed at the establishment of a Muslim woman as an equal member of society. Methodology. Scientific thinking on the I. Gasprinsky feminist activity had been based on usage of the axiological and culturological (that has allowed to unfold a humanity and to detect values in the I. Gasprinsky educational activities under review) and integral (that has allowed to analyze the commonality of the I. Gasprinsky cultural and educational system) approaches, and also on source studies (when examining press reports) and contextual analysis (when examining the subject matter of iss. «Alemi Nisvan» («Woman») and other publications of enlightener). The novelty of the issue lies in the fact that I. Gasprinsky activity is studying from the point of view of the feminism, which is important, because of a significant impact of the behalf of women on the Muslim society as a whole. In the work the complete picture of the enlightener’s feminist activity is organized. Conclusions. I. Gasprinsky made a significant step towards fundamental reform of the status of women, which gradually got constant and undeniable rights in a Muslim society. Such kind of activity of the educator laid the foundation of a democratic tradition in Crimean Tatar national movement.