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 151 - 160 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location |
Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers of a textile factory in Douar Hicher stage a sit-in outside the Governorate building to demand their unpaid allowances and wages | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Douar Hicher | Tunisia | April 12, 2021 |
| 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 |
| Second-hand clothes retailers in Nabeul stage a sit-in outside the Governorate building to protest against the interdiction to sell in the market as part of Covid-19 containment measures | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | April 10, 2021 |
| Activists and citizens stage a sit-in in Tozeur to demand to put train route 13 back in service after an interruption of more than a year | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | March 29, 2021 |
| PhD holders stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunis to demand to clarify and to resume negotiations on the employment perspectives for unemployed PhD holders | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 24, 2021 |
| Young Tunisians stage a sit-in outside the Municipal Theater in Tunis to demand lealisation of cannabis and the release of those who were jailed and arrested because of cannabis consumption | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 20, 2021 |
| Members of the "Heart of Tunisia" political party demonstrate outside the prison in Mornaguia to demand the release of the party's leader Nabil Karoui | Political Party | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mornaguia | Tunisia | March 14, 2021 |
| Civil society members demonstrate outside the headquarters of Gabes governorate to demand the dismantling of the chemical complex plants in the governorate. | CSO | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Gabes | Tunisia | March 14, 2021 |
| The Women and Youth Department of the Tunisian General Labor Union organize a sit-in outside the Municipal Theater in Tunis to demand the Tunisian State to ratify Convention No. 190 issued by the International Labour to eliminate violence against women i | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 6, 2021 |
| Customs employees stage a sit-in outside the customs administrative headquarters in Qibli to demand the implementation of previously agreed-upon agreements | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Qibli | Tunisia | February 27, 2021 |