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 731 - 740 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort descending Country Date
Supporters of Ennahdha party, "Citizens against the Coup" movement, the "National Salvation Front" & several other political parties stage a sit-in against President Saied at Habib Bourguiba Avenue and demand his departure Collective / Informal group, Political Party Policy grievances Sit-in Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) N/A Tunis Tunisia May 15, 2022
Retirees carried out a sit-in in the capital demanding an improvement in their social conditions and the payment of all their remaining dues. Workers group: Retirees Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia January 12, 2023
Tunisian engineers announce a strike extending over 5 days to protest the government's failure to meet their pronounced demands Workers group: Public Sector Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Strike / Strike announcement Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia March 29, 2021
Partisans of President Saied spontaneously gathered close by the Municipal Theater in Tunis to support the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and more recently on September 22. Collective / Informal group Other Demonstration Support to political leader / Public figure N/A Tunis Tunisia September 26, 2021
The national organisation for deep-sea fishing organises a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Agriculture to demand the implementation of the agreements signed between the Ministry and the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing Workers group: Union / Syndicate Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Tunis Tunisia December 3, 2021
The Free Constitutional Party stages a sit-in outside the Liberation party headquarters to demand its dismantlement Political Party Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a public statement / Public representation N/A Tunis Tunisia January 9, 2022
On the 11th anniversary of the revolution, the Democratic Current, Ettakatol and the Jomhouri parties stage a sit-in in Habib Bourguiba street against the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and extended on December 13 Political Party Policy grievances Sit-in Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) N/A Tunis Tunisia December 17, 2021
Defence committee of Martyrs Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi demonstrates outside the Higher Judicial Council in Tunis to denounce the slow pace of the judicial case CSO Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice Demonstration Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia February 10, 2022
Workers' Party members stage a sit-in in Avenue Habib Bourguiba, despite the Governor's announcement of a ban on demonstrations in the street, to denounce the national consultation, the poor political and economic conditions and the arrests of journalists Political Party Policy grievances Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Tunis Tunisia March 19, 2022
Journalists stage a sit-in outside the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists in Tunis to denounce the assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli occupation forces Workers group: Other Regional / Political grievances Sit-in Support to political leader / Public figure N/A Tunis Tunisia May 11, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart