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 791 - 800 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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Doctors at Rabta hospital in Tunis start an open-ended strike to protest the absence of security guards to ensure public safety at the hospital | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 23, 2022 |
Lawyers demonstrated against Decree No. 79 of 2022 on the Finance Law for 2023, and the president of the Bar Association denounced a setback in the rule of law, democracy, rights, freedoms, and the judiciary in the country. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 5, 2023 |
The "National Campaign for the Support of Social Struggles" held a march with the family of martyr Ahmed bin Amara | Campaign | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 12, 2021 |
Dozens of mothers whose children went missing after irregular migration trips across the sea to Italy since 2011 held a protest outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis to demand disclosing the fate of their sons. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 17, 2021 |
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 |
Citizens and supporters of the National Salvation Front stage a sit-in calling on the President to step down and urging a return to the previous "constitutional order," blaming him for the deteriorating social and economic conditions. | Political Party | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 10, 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 |
Free Constitutional Party stages a sit-in outside the Ministry of Communication Technologies to protest digital consultation to come, data breach and disregard for public interest | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 12, 2022 |
Electricity- and gas-sector workers employed by the Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Industry and SMEs. This mobilisation is part of their strike to demand better working conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 | March 24, 2022 |
A demonstration was held in Tunis calling for the adoption of a law which guarantees jobs for long-term unemployed diploma holders | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 18, 2020 |