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 451 - 460 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakiyat el Zeit residents roadblock in in Sfax to denounce the waste accumulation crisis in the region | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | May 29, 2022 |
| National Social Security Fund employees in Sfax stage a sit-in and strike to demand the implementation of a basic law that grants them their rights as workers | 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 | Sfax | Tunisia | January 11, 2022 |
| Demonstrators in Sfax protest against the obligation to be vaccinated and to present a health pass to access public spaces. | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | December 25, 2021 |
| Temporary teachers who are not included in the May 8th agreement stage a sit-in at the Regional Education Authority Sfax 2 | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | November 16, 2021 |
| The Free Constitutional Party stage a sit-in outside the regional agency for the disposal of waste in solidarity with Sfax residents to condemn deteriorating environmental conditions | Political Party | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | December 4, 2021 |
| Protesters in Sfax stage a sit-in to defend the inviolability of the Constitution, to demand the deposition of President Saied and to oppose what they consider as a coup | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | October 2, 2021 |
| Cereals Office employees in Sfax start a 2-day strike to demand the implementation of labour agreements | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | February 9, 2022 |
| Secondary education teachers in Sfax stage a sit-in at the headquarters of the regional delegation for education Sfax 1 to protest the decision to refer 21 professors to disciplinary boards | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | August 11, 2022 |
| Court clerks in Sfax start a two-day-long strike to demand the implementation of 31 December 2020 agreements | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | January 25, 2022 |
| Popular tension has mounted in the city of Sfax, amid the absence of "acceptable" solutions to the crisis of household waste persisting since September 2021, as waste burning by citizens has multiplied despite warnings of the health hazards it causes. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Civil disobedience | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | November 16, 2022 |