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.
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| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonstrators march from Mohammed V street and gather in front of the Municipal Theater in Tunis to denounce the suspension of the activities of the Parliament and the other exceptional measures decreed by the President on July 25, | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | March, Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | October 10, 2021 |
| Unemployed in Tunis demonstrate at the Conference Palace in Tunis to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020. | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 12, 2021 |
| Protesters demonstrate outside Tunis 1 court of first instance in support of journalist Arroi Baraket who was assaulted by police last month but then charged with violence against the police | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 22, 2021 |
| LGBT activists and CSO in Tunisia protested, amidst hundreds of other demonstrators, against a draft law that would grant security forces legal immunity from prosecution for the use of force | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | October 6, 2020 |
| Ennahda supporters organized a march in Tunis to demand national unity and political stability | Political Party | Policy grievances | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 27, 2021 |
| Free Destourian Party activists stage a sit-in outside Tunis governorate headquarters against the July 25 Referendum | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 23, 2022 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in to denounce the harassment, prosecution and arrest of non-fasters and to demand to open coffees and restaurants during Ramadan | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 26, 2022 |
| Employees of Tunis Transport Company stage an open-ended strike until the government and the Ministry of Transport fulfill their wages. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 2, 2023 |
| Employees of the Technical Agency for Land Transport stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation to demand the appointment of a director-general for the Agency and the implementation of previously agreed-upon agreements | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 12, 2021 |
| Tunisian Television Corporation employees announce they will strike but cancel their strike following an agreement under the umbrella of Ministry of Social Affairs to reform the institution. | 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...) | Bargaining | Tunis | Tunisia | January 13, 2022 |