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 741 - 750 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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The Labor Party stages a sit-in to denounce violations of national sovereignty, including the rising prices. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | October 16, 2022 |
A general strike was held Tuesday in Zarzis city, on the call of the locals, and families of missing people, asking for truth and accountability in the burial of missing migrants in the local foreigners' cemetery without identification. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | October 18, 2022 |
Teachers in continuous protest movements in light of the failure of negotiations between the Ministry of Education and the association of Basic Education for better employment contracts. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Cooptation | Tunis | Tunisia | October 18, 2022 |
Bakery owners stage a sit-in at the central headquarters of the Tunisian Union of Industry and Trade, demanding the payment of their financial dues, which have been suspended for the past 14 months | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Procedural action | El Khadra | Tunisia | October 19, 2022 |
Demonstrators blocking roads, setting fire to rubber wheels and demanding a speedy search for those missing in irregular migration activities. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Welayat monastir | Tunisia | October 19, 2022 |
Many private taxi drivers are on hunger strike after being denied licenses | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Hunger Strike | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | October 19, 2022 |
Medical staff in Beja hospital staged a sit-in due to the absence of medicine and the malfunction of the elevator for more than 5 years. | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | October 20, 2022 |
Families hold an open sit-in over those missing in illegal immigration shipwreck | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | October 20, 2022 |
Families stage an open sit-in over those missing in illegal immigration shipwreck setting up tents in the headquarters of the commission | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | October 21, 2022 |
Representatives of the General Union of Tunisian Students stage an open sit-in at the Higher Institute of Political Sciences in opposition to depriving some students of their access to university housing. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | October 21, 2022 |