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 141 - 150 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location |
Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Raqqada roadblock and boycott lectures to protest against deficiencies in university restaurants and dorms | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | Procedural action | Raqqada | Tunisia | October 11, 2021 |
| Protesters roadblock in Zarzis to demand the transfer of the migrant shelter and the expulsion of migrants from their district | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | October 4, 2021 |
| The Workers' party stages a sit-in outside the Municipal Theater in Tunis to condemn the visit of the American delegation in Tunisia | Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 4, 2021 |
| Butchers stage a sit-in outside the governorate building to demand the reopening of the municipal slaughterhouse | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | kebili | Tunisia | August 24, 2021 |
| Demonstrators stage a sit-in outside the Sidi Bouzid governorate to demand to return the money and luxury cars that the customs office has seized to their owner | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | August 23, 2021 |
| Protesters roadblock in Zriba to demand the authorities to implement their promises regarding the cleaning and reviving of the irrigated area built on the Bouachir Dam | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Zriba | Tunisia | July 25, 2021 |
| Activists and family members of the civil servants arrested in relation to the 'Italian waste" case stage a solidarity sit-in outside the Court of Appeal in Sousse during their trial | CSO, Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | June 22, 2021 |
| Protesters and families of schoolgirls stage a sit-in and roadblock in Kondar to denounce the sexual harassment recently faced by schoolgirls from the area, as well as to protest against the structural unemployment and marginalisation of the governorate | Collective / Informal group, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in, Road blockade, Tire burning | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kondar | Tunisia | June 14, 2021 |
| Lawyers stage demonstrate in front of the Justice Palace in Tunis in solidarity with the Palestinian people | Workers group: Other | Regional / Political grievances | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 18, 2021 | |
| Tunisians rally in Hammam Chott to support Palestine and to protest against Israel | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Hammam Chott | Tunisia | May 16, 2021 |