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 121 - 130 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Location Countrysort descending Date
Protesters in Sfax stage a sit-in to defend the inviolability of the Constitution, to demand the deposition of President Saied and to oppose what they consider as a coup Collective / Informal group Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Sfax Tunisia October 2, 2021
Agents of the National Security District in Qibli enter their fifth day of an open-ended sit-in in front of the National Security District headquarters. They demand the implementation of agreements on social transportation signed four months ago. Workers group: Security / Military forces Policy grievances Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Qibli Tunisia September 25, 2021
Agents of the National Security District in Metlaoui start an open-ended sit-in in front of the National Security District headquarters. They protest against the absence of response to their demands that they have been voicing for four years. Workers group: Union / Syndicate Policy grievances Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Metlaoui Tunisia September 7, 2021
Individual taxis owners in Nabeul stage a sit-in in front of the Municipality building to protest against the decision to grant new licenses to collective taxis in the same urban area, Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed Corporatist grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Nabeul Tunisia September 6, 2021
Textile factory workers in El Kef stage a sit-in in front of the governorate headquarters to demand to pressure the management of the factory to pay unpaid wages and to inform workers on what is to come after a five month work interruption . Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A El Kef Tunisia August 26, 2021
Journalists stage a sit-in in front of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists building to protest against the incitement against them and attacks they face when reporting on the field Workers group: Union / Syndicate Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly Sit-in Other N/A Tunis Tunisia October 14, 2021
Telecom companies end the open-ended strike they started mid-September after reaching an agreement that addresses some of their demands. Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Strike / Strike announcement Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) Bargaining Tunisia October 13, 2021
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in and start a hunger strike in El Mitlawi to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed drivers transporting passengers, and the non-implementation by the Municipality of agreed-upon agreements aimed at improving the tr Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Corporatist grievances Sit-in, Hunger Strike Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services N/A El Mitlawi Tunisia October 11, 2021
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
The Workers' party stage a sit-in outside the Municipal Theater in Tunis to denounce the exceptional measures decreed by the President on July 25 and the pre-25 July political system, They call for a "democracy from the people". Political Party Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) N/A Tunis Tunisia October 9, 2021

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart