Anti-gender and anti-democratic nexus in Bosnia and Herzegovina database : project research data

Ajanović, Edma (author)

The project Anti-gender/anti-democratic nexus in Bosnia and Herzegovina examines gender and sexuality policies and discourses in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in order to identify anti-gender actors and frames as well as the relation of anti-gender mobilizations and de-democratization. It aims to identify anti-gender actors, frames and policies in BiH through a triangulation of qualitative research methods. As part of the research project Anti-gender/anti-democratic nexus in Bosnia and Herzegovina, three types of qualitative research material were collected: media articles from major Bosnian and Herzegovinian print media (201 articles published between January 2018 and April 2023); transcripts of parliamentary debates (11 selected debate records from November 2023 to July 2025) and semi-structured expert interviews conducted from January 2025 to June 2026. The present data publication contains the media metadata and five manually produced parliamentary debate transcripts. The interview transcripts and recordings are not deposited because participants did not consent to their public dissemination. The primary purpose of collecting these data was to gain insight into both anti-gender actors and anti-gender frames in different discursive spheres. The database is therefore suitable for analyzing central anti-gender and anti-LGBTIQ+/pride frames and actors. It should not be understood as a comprehensive overview of when and how issues related to gender equality or LGBTIQ+ rights were more broadly discussed in Bosnian and Herzegovina. The analysis relied on qualitative content analysis and Critical Frame Analysis.

• Language: English
• Keywords: anti-gender mobilisation, gender, Bosnia and Herzegovina, media discourse, parliamentary debates, LGBTIQ+, Pride, ethnonationalism, critical frame analysis, de-democratization, Republika Srpska, Federacija BiH
• Typology: 2.20 - Complete scientific database of research data
• Geographic coverage: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bosna i Hercegovina, Republika Srpska, Federacija BiH
• Temporal coverage: January 2018 and June 2026 / Januar 2018. i juni 2026.
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2026
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-185596
• Data col. methods: Interview; Interview:Web based; Other
• Publication date in RUL: 19.08.2026

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Applies to: Microsoft Excel File "AntiGenderInBiH_Media_Articles" and five PDF-A files "FBIH_DN_CC_16062025.pdf", "FBIH_DN_ZPN_04032025.pdf", "RS_NS_CC_25032025.pdf", "RS_NS_CC_30102024.pdf", "RS_NS_ZPN_02112023.pdf".

• License: CC0 1.0, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
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• Applies to: README.docx

Secondary language

• Language: Bosnian
• Title: Antigender i antidemokratski nexus u Bosni i Hercegovini : baza medijskih članaka (2018–2023) : istraživački podaci projekta

Abstract

Projekat Anti-gender/anti-democratic nexus in Bosnia and Herzegovina istražuje politike i diskurse o rodu i seksualnosti u Bosni i Hercegovini (BiH) s ciljem identifikovanja antirodnih aktera i diskurzivnih okvira, kao i odnosa između antirodnih mobilizacija i procesa de-demokratizacije. Cilj projekta je identifikovati antirodne aktere, okvire i politike u BiH kroz triangulaciju kvalitativnih istraživačkih metoda. U okviru projekta prikupljene su tri vrste kvalitativnog istraživačkog materijala: medijski članci iz vodećih štampanih medija u Bosni i Hercegovini (201 članak objavljen u periodu od januara 2018. do aprila 2023. godine); transkripti parlamentarnih debata (11 odabranih zapisa parlamentarnih rasprava iz perioda od novembra 2023. do jula 2025. godine) i polustrukturirani ekspertski intervjui provedeni u periodu od januara 2025. do juna 2026. godine. Ova baza podataka sadrži metapodatke o medijskim člancima i pet ručno izrađenih transkripata parlamentarnih debata. Transkripti intervjua i audiozapisi nisu uključeni u repozitorij jer učesnici nisu dali saglasnost za njihovo javno objavljivanje. Primarni cilj prikupljanja ovih podataka bio je sticanje uvida u antirodne aktere i antirodne diskurzivne okvire u različitim diskurzivnim sferama. Baza podataka stoga je pogodna za analizu centralnih antirodnih i anti-LGBTIQ+/anti-Pride diskurzivnih okvira i aktera. Ne treba je shvatiti kao sveobuhvatan pregled načina na koji se o pitanjima rodne ravnopravnosti ili pravima LGBTIQ+ osoba šire raspravljalo u Bosni i Hercegovini. Analiza se oslanjala na kvalitativnu analizu sadržaja i kritičku analizu okvira (Critical Frame Analysis).

• Keywords: antirodna mobilizacija, rod, Bosna i Hercegovina, medijski diskurs, parlamentarne debate, LGBTIQ+, Povorka ponosa, etnonacionalizam, kritička analiza okvira, de-demokratizacija, Republika Srpska, Federacija BiH

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: HE
• Project number: 101108792
• Name: Anti-democratic/anti-gender nexus in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Acronym: AntiGenderInBiH