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 141 - 150 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort ascending Country Date
Left leaders and supporters staged a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Interior to demand to reveal the truth in the file of the assassination of Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi in 2013 Political Party Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia September 8, 2021
The ''National Campaign to Abolish the Referendum” launched by opposition parties stages a sit-in in front of the Tunisian Television headquarters 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 23, 2022
Driving schools owners stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transport to protest the suspension of governmental decision 510 on the conditions related to the types, delivery, validity and renewal of driving licenses Workers group: Other Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Tunis Tunisia July 14, 2022
Radio Zitouna FM journalists start a strike to demand the settlement of the situation of the radio so that they can receive their wages and social benefits Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia May 26, 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
57 judges who were dismissed start a hunger-strike to protest their arbitrary dismissal Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Injustice / Perceived injustice Hunger Strike Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Tunis Tunisia June 19, 2022
Employees at the governmental Coopérative Centrale des Grandes Cultures hold a strike to demand the implementation of agreements signed with the administration and the regularisation of the status of 74 employees Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Strike / Strike announcement Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia July 21, 2022
Contract workers stage a sit-in in the Government Square in the Kasbah to demand the enforcement of the agreement that would establish them as permanent workers 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 November 15, 2021
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
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

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart