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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lawyers and representatives of organizations and parties, demonstrated in front of Tunis Courthouse to show solidarity with activist Ayachi Hammami as he faces trial after spreading false rumors. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 10, 2023 |
| Unemployed graduates of the Higher Institute for Sport and Physical Education stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Youth and Sports to demand the filling of vacancies in their field | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 6, 2022 |
| Supporters of the "Hope and Labour" party protested in front of the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to call for the release of MP Yassine Ayari | Political Party | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support to political leader / Public figure, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 11, 2021 |
| Demonstrators march from Mohammed V street and gather in front of the Municipal Theater in Tunis to denounce the suspension of the activities of the Parliament and the other exceptional measures decreed by the President on July 25, | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | March, Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | October 10, 2021 |
| Feminist activists from several local and international NGOs march in downtown Tunis to mark the opening of the third World Women's Conference of Grassroots Women hosted by the country | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |
| Protesters demonstrate outside Tunis 1 court of first instance in support of journalist Arroi Baraket who was assaulted by police last month but then charged with violence against the police | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 22, 2021 |
| Ship crew employees demonstrate on board a ship owned by the Tunisian Shipping Company to demand better working conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 16, 2021 |
| A groups of Isnad activists distributed leaflets in response to the "class quarantine decision" issued by al-Meshishi government | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Other | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 8, 2021 |
| National Board of Tobacco and Matches employees hold a strike and roadblock to protest authorities' attempts to undermine the public company | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 25, 2022 |
| National Agency for Energy Control employees stage a sit-in to demand the publication in the Official Gazette of the agency's updated status | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 10, 2022 |