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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Students stage a sit-in in front of the presidential palace. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Carthage Palace. | Tunisia | October 15, 2022 |
Families of missing migrants who disappeared while trying to emigrate demonstrate outside the Presidential Palace in Cartaghe to demand authorities to demand disclosing the fate of their relatives | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Carthage | Tunisia | November 4, 2021 |
Unemployed stage a sit-in in front of the Presidential Palace in Carthage to demand the President of the Republic to activate the provisions of Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Carthage | Tunisia | September 30, 2021 |
National Anti-Corruption Agency employees resume their sit-in outside the Presidential Palace to demand the regularisation of their professional situation | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Carthage | Tunisia | March 21, 2022 |
The Association of Unemployed University Graduates stages a sit-in in front of the Presidential Palace in Carthage to demand the enactment of an exceptional decree to give job opportunities to high degree holders who have been unemployed for a long period | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Carthage | Tunisia | August 4, 2022 |
National Anti-Corruption Commitee former employees start an open-ended sit-in outside the Presidential Palace to protest their financial situation since the arbitrary closure of the Committee by President Saied at the end of December | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Carthage | Tunisia | March 3, 2022 |
Bousalem residents stage a sit-in to protest the pollution in the area which threatens the environment and their health | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Bousalem | Tunisia | September 9, 2022 |
Bouchamma residents block several roads to protest the prolonged cut-off of drinking water | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Bouchamma | Tunisia | April 11, 2022 |
Protesters block the Sfax-Bou Hajla road over power cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Bou Hajla | Tunisia | August 20, 2022 |
Bou Hajla residents block the Bou Hajla-Echrarda road to demand authorities to set up speed reducers on the roads to reduce traffic accidents in the area | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Bou Hajla | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |