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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Radio journalists stage a sit-in outside the Tunisian National Radio building to demand a reform of the institution | 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 | May 25, 2022 |
Cactus prod employees stage a sit-in outside the Government Square Cactus prod employees to demand their due salaries and benefits | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | February 17, 2022 |
Protesters demonstrate against the July 25 Referendum outside the Municipal Theatre in Tunis on the call of the National Salvation Front | Political Party | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 23, 2022 |
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 |
Employees of Tunis Transport Company stage an open-ended strike until the government and the Ministry of Transport fulfill their wages. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 2, 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 |
Several hundred employees from state companies stage a sit-in in front of the UGTT’s headquarters in Tunisin support of the general strike to protest against the government’s economic reform plans which include privatisation, and the freezing of salaries | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 16, 2022 |
A demonstration was held by site-workers in response to an agreement reached by the government and the UGTT to resolve their precarious conditions | Workers group: Unemployed | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 9, 2020 |
Supporters of left-wing and social parties protest in the capital | Political Party | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 6, 2021 |