The Impact of Anti-Gender Policies on LGBTIQ+ Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Impact of Anti-Gender Policies on LGBTIQ+ Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Anisa Pračić-Šehić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sociology, Sociology of Law
Published by: Fondacija CURE
Keywords: BiH; gender; anti-gender; policy; rights; impact;
Summary/Abstract: Anti-gender policies are considered a contemporary phenomenon in society, originating in the mid-1990s, with a noted increase in their influence on social developments and changes within the system of social and legal values and rules from the mid-2000s to the present. There are various definitions and opinions on the actions of anti-gender movements and policies, but what they all have in common is radicalism, populism, and the extreme political and/or religious right. However, when discussing the terminology used to describe anti-gender movements or policies, Jasmina Čaušević, a Master of Social Sciences in the field of gender studies, states in an interview for the article ‘Anti-Gender “Movements” as the Collapse of Democracy’ that it might not be appropriate to call anti-gender actions ‘movements’ and that the term ‘policies’ should be used instead. The actions of anti-gender policies begin with the political right and, as such, essentially come ‘from above’, from the top of political power, which uses these ideas to strengthen overtly conservative policies.

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