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 |
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Country | Date |
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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 |
Tunisiair staff protest the freezing of assets by Turkish company | Workers group: Public Sector | Corporate grievances | Demonstration | Other | Procedural action | Tunis | Tunisia | February 19, 2021 |
Ship crew employees demonstrate on board a ship owned by the Tunisian Shipping Company to demand better working conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 16, 2021 |
Intern doctors in the emergency unit 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 | June 2, 2022 |
Farmers and workers who work in the milk industry demonstrate to demand an increase in the price of milk | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 14, 2022 |
Employees of the Tunis Transport Company stage an open-ended strike until their demands are met. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 2, 2023 |
A demonstration was held by several civil society organisations and labour unions in central Tunis to commemorate the anniversary of the 2013 killing of a prominent activist and to denounce police abuses | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Other | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | February 6, 2021 |
The "Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine" organised a rally protest to demand the enaction of law which criminalizes normalisation with the Zionist enemy | Campaign | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 15, 2021 |
On the 11th anniversary of the revolution, the Democratic Current, Ettakatol and the Jomhouri parties stage a sit-in in Habib Bourguiba street against the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and extended on December 13 | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 17, 2021 |
Journalists stage a sit-in in front of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists building to protest against the incitement against them and attacks they face when reporting on the field | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 14, 2021 |