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 |
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A protest stand of Al-Watad Party was held in front of the Palace of Justice | Political Party | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 22, 2021 |
Tunisia's Young Judges Association starts an open-ended strike a sit-in to protest the Interim Supreme Judicial Council which was appointed by President Saied after the dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector, CSO | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 14, 2022 |
Unemployed in Tunis demonstrate at the Conference Palace in Tunis to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020. | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 12, 2021 |
Civil society organisations and political parties organised a protest in support of Palestine held in front of the Parliament | CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 18, 2021 |
Opponents of President Saied demonstrate in Tunis on call of the National Salvation Front to reject the July 25 referendum they deem illegal and unconstitutional, and to denounce the military trial of civilians and the interference in the judiciary | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 19, 2022 |
Paramedical students in private universities stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunis to denounce discriminatory measures taken by the Ministry | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 22, 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 |
LGBT activists and CSO in Tunisia protested, amidst hundreds of other demonstrators, against a draft law that would grant security forces legal immunity from prosecution for the use of force | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | October 6, 2020 |
Ennahda supporters organized a march in Tunis to demand national unity and political stability | Political Party | Policy grievances | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 27, 2021 |
Residents of the Southern suburbs of Tunis and members of environmental organisations demonstrated through the formation of a human chain along the local beaches to call for ending sewage and industrial discharge into the sea. | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 12, 2021 |