Mapping of Collective Actions in Tunisia
Publication Date: 2019
The mapping of collective actions in Tunisia tracks mobilisations by groups of people whose goal is to achieve a common objective.
Each mapped collective action is based on a typology devised by the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action.
The objective of this database is to explore collective actions by providing accurate data and relevant information on mobilisations happening in the country.
Explore the interactive charts below the table.
Data collection for this mapping is done by the CeSSRA team.
Information sources: Media reports, NGO reports, aid actors reports, as well as first-hand data collected by the CeSSRA team.
Period covered by data collection: December 23rd, 2019 - till present.
Displaying 781 - 790 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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Diplomatic corps union organises a strike at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand improvements of the inner working of their administration | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 19, 2021 |
The General Union of Independent Traders affiliated with the Tunisian Labor Union organized a protest in front of the Tunis governorate headquarters to demand the completion of the Carthage project, which has been delayed since 2011. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 6, 2022 |
Political parties and CSO staged a sit-in in Tunis to protest against the repression by security forces of young people, journalists and lawyers during their participation in a sit-in that took place yesterday evening to demand the truth ab | Political Party, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 2, 2021 |
Workers at the engineering company TECI stage an open-ended sit-in outside their company's headquarters to demand the payment of their overdue wages | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 15, 2022 |
Unemployed graduates stage a sit-in outside Tunis Municipal Theatre to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 8, 2022 |
Doctors at Rabta hospital in Tunis start an open-ended strike to protest the absence of security guards to ensure public safety at the hospital | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 23, 2022 |
The "National Campaign for the Support of Social Struggles" held a march with the family of martyr Ahmed bin Amara | Campaign | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 12, 2021 |
Dozens of mothers whose children went missing after irregular migration trips across the sea to Italy since 2011 held a protest outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis to demand disclosing the fate of their sons. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 17, 2021 |
Free Destourian Party activists demonstrate in the Kasbah to demand to obey the Constitution and to dissolve terrorist associations | Political Party | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 20, 2021 |
The Free Constitutional Party stage a sit-in for the third day in a row in front of the headquarters of the Union of Muslim Scholars in Tunis to demand its closing | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | December 16, 2021 |