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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Teachers in a middle school in Gafsa stage a sit-in to protest against the assault on a schoolteacher by the guardian of one of the students and demand to prosecute the aggressor | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | October 26, 2021 |
| Shopkeepers in Ben Gardane stage a sit-in outside the border crossing between Libya and Tunisia to protest against the traffic congestion when crossing the border to enter Tunisia | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ben Gardane | Tunisia | October 28, 2021 |
| Demonstration in front of the First Instance Court of Nabeul in light of the first hearing of MP Zouheir Makhlouf to demand to speed up the trial and in support with the girl who filed the sexual harassment case against him | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Solidarity with minorities (sexual; ethnic; migrants...) | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | October 28, 2021 |
| Employees in the private sector in Sfax governorate march from the Tunisian General Labor Union to the Governorate building and carry out a general strike to demand an increase in wages | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | March, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | October 28, 2021 |
| Demonstrators gather outside the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to condemn the obligation to be vaccinated and to present a health pass to access public spaces. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 30, 2021 |
| Health workers in the governorate of Gafsa stage a sit-in outside the regional health office to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | November 1, 2021 |
| Agricultural workers stage a sit-in in Kasserine to protest against the attempted murder of the director of the Forestry Department in Kasserine | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Agriculture workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | November 1, 2021 |
| Protestors stage a sit-in outside the building of Mahres municipality to denounce the opening of a domestic waste dumping site in their city | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Mahres | Tunisia | November 1, 2021 |
| The Union of Judicial Officers in Medinine begins an open-ended strike to protest against the assault of an officer by a judge | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Strike / Strike announcement | Other | N/A | Medinine | Tunisia | November 2, 2021 |