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 |
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Protesters demonstrate in Jilma after a young man was killed by a customs guard | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Other | Repression | Jilma | Tunisia | September 8, 2022 |
Joumine residents stage a sit-in to express their refusal of a project, demanding instead to set up a civil protection branch in the area | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Joumine | Tunisia | August 2, 2022 |
National Social Security Fund, National Pension and Social Welfare Fund and National Health Insurance Fund employees in Kairouan stage a sit-in outside the Governorate headquarter and start an open-ended strike to demand their labour rights | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 |
Parents of students who successfully passed elementary school exams but are not accepted into a middle school due to an administrative decision stage a sit-in outside the Regional Delegation for Education in Kairouan | Clan member | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | July 12, 2022 |
Employees of the National Health Insurance Fund in Kairouan demonstrate in support of their colleagues at the National Health Insurance Fund headquarters and add their voices to their request for better work conditions | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |
Civil society activists and local residents stage a sit-in and roadblock outside the Kairouan governorate building to demand the release of Brigadier General Habib Al-Subai | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in, Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | August 15, 2022 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in outside the governorate building in Kairouan to demand authorities to speed up the issuance of licenses | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | August 25, 2022 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in outside the governorate headquarters in Kairouan to denounce the delay in issuing licenses for taxi drivers | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 18, 2021 |
Qasr al Hadid residents block the Siliana-Kairouan road through to protest recurring water cuts in the region | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | May 30, 2022 |
Family members of a victim of a traffic accident block the Kairouan - Hajeb El Ayoun road to protest the regular fatal traffic accidents that happen on this road | Clan member | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Other | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | April 2, 2022 |