ACCORDING TO THE MATERIALS OF THE AZERBAIJAN NEWSPAPER, THE WOMEN`S PROBLEM IN SOUTH AZERBAIJAN

Abstract

The Azerbaijan newspaper, the organ of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) led by S.J. Pishevari, was published in Tabriz during the ADP Government in 1945-1946, then in Baku after the defeat of the ADP. The Azerbaijan newspaper criticized the anti-people policy of the Pahlavi Shah regime, especially the fact that Azerbaijani women were subjected to both national oppression and gender discrimination. The newspaper claimed that the freedom granted by Reza Shah did not give women any economic, social, or political rights. The newspaper also contended that real freedom to Azerbaijani women was given by the Azerbaijan Democratic Party government in 1945-1946, not by the Pahlavi. Despite the defeat of ADP power, the newspaper did not lose hope and trusted that real human freedom would still be achieved. Examples of works of female poets of Azerbaijan, poems dedicated to the bitter fate of women, were also published in the newspaper. The analysis of the Azerbaijan newspaper is important in terms of investigating the policy of the Pahlavi Shah regime against the nation, the people's movement against the palace, the national liberation struggle in Iran and South Azerbaijan, and the women's issue. The issue of women in South Azerbaijan was investigated based on materials of Azerbaijan newspaper in the article.