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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douz residents stage a sit-in in front of the Court of First Instance in Kebili to demand authorities' help in inheritance cases | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kebili | Tunisia | August 31, 2022 |
| Employees of the Environment, Plantation and Gardening company in Kebili march from the regional Tunisian Labor Union building to the governorate building to demand the payment of their unpaid wages for the month of September | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | March | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kebili | Tunisia | October 21, 2021 |
| Health workers of the regional hospital in Kebili demonstrate to protest against the mismanagement of the hospital | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kebili | Tunisia | November 26, 2021 |
| Employees of the Environment, Plantation and Gardening company in Kebili state a sit-in outside the governorate building and block the entry to the building to demand the payment of two-month unpaid wages | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Building blockade / Occupation | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Kebili | Tunisia | November 22, 2021 |
| Employees of the Environment, Plantation and Gardening company in Kebili stage a sit-in outside Kebili governorate headquarters to demand the payment of their unpaid wages and the settlement of their situation | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kebili | Tunisia | August 24, 2022 |
| Journalists stage a sit-in in Martyrs' Square in Kasserine as part of the general strike in public media | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | April 2, 2022 |
| Medical and paramedical employees at Kasserine hospital stage a sit-in to protest against the regular assaults by patients and their relatives | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | September 12, 2022 |
| Bakeries owners in Kasserine strike to demand their financial dues and voice other demands to reform the sector | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Kasserine | Tunisia | May 23, 2022 |
| Unemployed university graduates stage a sit-in in front of the Governmental headquarters in Kasserine to demand job opportunities in the civil service | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | April 20, 2022 |
| Unemployed storm the governorate building in Kasserine and start an open sit-in inside to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Sit-in, Building blockade / Occupation | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | November 19, 2021 |