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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limaya residents block the Sidi Bouzid - Sfax road to protest against a landfill project | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Limaya | Tunisia | December 10, 2021 |
| Dozens of women supporting gender equality movements take part in a "Gender Dynamic" march from Ibn Khaldun Square to Habib Bourguiba Avenue to protest against violence to women in society | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | March | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 10, 2021 |
| Municipal cleaning workers start an open-ended strike in Kasserine to demand their labour rights and the settlement of their status | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 | Kasserine | Tunisia | December 9, 2021 |
| Sailors stage a sit-in in Sfax harbour to denounce the inability of the State to address the demands of the fishing sector and to implement the agreements signed between the Ministry and the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 | Sfax | Tunisia | December 9, 2021 |
| Football players in a club in Beja enter their eighth day of strike to demand their unpaid dues | Other | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | December 8, 2021 |
| Unemployed stage a sit-in in the Kheireddine Pacha Avenue in Tunis to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 14, 2021 |
| Regional Commissariat for Agricultural Development contract workers in Sidi Bouzid stage a sit-in after they were arbitrarily fired | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | December 16, 2021 |
| Health workers stage a sit-in outside the Health Ministry to protest the government’s inaction on promised aid to the sector | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 16, 2021 |
| Civil society members and local and sick residents stage a sit-in inside the Ibn Al Jazzar hospital in Kairouan to protest against the deteriorating health services in the region | CSO, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | December 16, 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 |