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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Driving school owners in Medenine demonstrate to protest the decision to require health pass for those who wish to take their driving license | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Medenine | Tunisia | May 5, 2022 |
Local residents stage a sit-in outside Medenine University hospital to demand better health services | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Medenine | Tunisia | August 6, 2022 |
Supporters of President Saied stage a sit-in in Martyrs' Square in Medenine to demand to hold the corrupts accountable and to denounce foreign interference | Collective / Informal group | Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Medenine | Tunisia | May 8, 2022 |
Contract workers demonstrate outside the Medinine branch of the Tunisian General Labor Union to demand the enforcement of the agreement that would establish them as permanent workers | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration, Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Medinine | Tunisia | November 15, 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 |
Lawyers staged a sit-in in front of the Court of First Instance in Medinine city, to demand better working conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Medinine | Tunisia | November 23, 2022 |
Workers in the phosphate mine in Meknassy block the rail line No. 13, hindering movement of phosphate transport wagons and trains, to demand the regularisation of their employment status and the payment of their wages | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Meknassy | Tunisia | August 1, 2022 |
Workers at the Electric Power Production Company in Meknassy continue their sit-in to protest their dismissal after two years of work | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Meknassy | Tunisia | July 30, 2022 |
Workers in the phosphate mine in Meknassy block Gafsa-Sfax road to protest the suspension of phosphate production, and to demand their employment within Gafsa Phosphate company | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Meknassy | Tunisia | August 29, 2022 |
Phosphate miners and activists close public institutions and block the Gafsa-Sfax road and the railway in Meknassy and Menzel Bouzaiane in a joint movement to demand to return to work in phosphate mines and to release activists from Menzel Bouzaiane | Workers group: Other, Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Road blockade, Building blockade / Occupation | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Meknassy, Menzel Bouzaiane | Tunisia | November 29, 2021 |