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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tozeur residents stage a sit-in outside the governorate's headquarters to protest bread shortage | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | August 29, 2022 |
| Owners of tourist carts pulled by horses state a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the regional delegation to protest against the Ministry of Tourism not fulfilling its commitments towards them | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | September 5, 2022 |
| Tozeur and Naftah residents stage a sit-in outside Tozeur governorate headquarters to demand the governor to resign and to denounce the accumulation of problems in the region and the lack of intervention | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | July 4, 2022 |
| Members of the Tunisian National Guard in Tozeur stage a sit-in outside the local headquarters to demand the payment of their dues | Workers group: Security / Military forces | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | February 14, 2022 |
| Civil society activists and relatives of the Model Centre for Education and Rehabilitation of Disabled Students stage a sit-in in the vicinity of the governorate headquarters in Tozeur to demand the reopening of the centre | CSO, Clan member | Access to socio-eco rights: Rights of persons with disabilities | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | July 8, 2022 |
| Activists and citizens stage a sit-in in Tozeur to demand to put train route 13 back in service after an interruption of more than a year | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | March 29, 2021 |
| Owners of nurseries and kindergartens stage a sit-in in front of the Tozeur governorate headquarters to demand authorities to reverse the decision to generalise preparatory departments in primary schools | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | August 24, 2022 |
| Contracted teachers stage a protest in Tozeur, Siliana, and Kairouan by storming local education authorities and blocking roads, prompting the police to intervene resulting in clashes. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Tozeur, Siliana, Kairouan | Tunisia | November 14, 2022 |
| Traichia residents block Nefza - Tabarka road over low water flow | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Traichia | Tunisia | August 16, 2022 |
| Young Tunisians stage a sit-in outside the Municipal Theater in Tunis to demand lealisation of cannabis and the release of those who were jailed and arrested because of cannabis consumption | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 20, 2021 |