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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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 |
Parents of students in Kairouan demonstrate to protest a reduced number of places in pilot colleges in the governorate | Clan member | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | April 27, 2022 |
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 |
Students and professors at the Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies in Kairouan stage a sit-in to protest the university’s decision to postpone the university’s return, and to evacuate the institute’s headquarters building | Workers group: School teachers / University professors, 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 | September 1, 2022 |
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 |
Municipality employees in Kairouan strike after two of their colleagues falled from the second floor of the municipality and died while they were on duty | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 12, 2021 |
Lawyers in Kairouan governorate strike and stage a sit-in in the Court of First Instance in Kairouan. They demand more protection and more staff | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | February 17, 2022 |
Employees of the sectoral centre for energy training in Kairouan stage a sit-in to denounce the decision to demolish the administration building and restaurant | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | December 3, 2021 |
Protesters demonstrate in the market in Kairouan to demand the provision of oil, flour and semolina and the intervention of local authorities | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | April 3, 2022 |