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 231 - 240 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort descending Country Date
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

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart