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 781 - 790 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonstrators gather at Bardo square to protest against the "coup" and the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and the recent arrest of MP Seif El-Din Makhlouf and journalist Amer Ayyad | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | November 14, 2021 |
| Taxi drivers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transport to protest the increase in fuel prices and car parts prices | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 14, 2022 |
| A demonstration was held at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis to denounce police violations | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | March, Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 18, 2021 |
| Employees of the Technical Agency for Land Transport stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation to demand the appointment of a director-general for the Agency and the implementation of previously agreed-upon agreements | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 12, 2021 |
| Demonstrators gather outside the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to condemn the obligation to be vaccinated | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 20, 2021 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in to denounce the harassment, prosecution and arrest of non-fasters and to demand to open coffees and restaurants during Ramadan | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 26, 2022 |
| The ''National Campaign to Abolish the Referendum” launched by opposition parties organises a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunis to demand to cancel the referendum planned for July 25 | Campaign | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | June 4, 2022 |
| Supporters of Free Destourian Party march in Tunis to express their rejection of the July 25 referendum and to call for the resignation of the government | Political Party | Policy grievances | March | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 18, 2022 |
| Employees contracted under ''Mechanism 20'' and working in associations, organisations and ministries stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Social Affairs headquarters and start a hunger strike to demand their recruitment as civil servants | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Hunger Strike | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 18, 2022 |
| 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 |