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.
Displaying 291 - 300 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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Free Destourian Party activists stage a sit-in outside the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Tunis to denounce human rights violation in Tunisia | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 22, 2022 |
Free Destourian Party activists stage a sit-in outside Tunis governorate headquarters against the July 25 Referendum | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 23, 2022 |
Free Destourian Party members demonstrate outside the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Tunis to demand its closure and to hold the corrupted accountable | Political Party | Policy grievances, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 15, 2022 |
Free Destourian Party members stage a sit-in outside the Administrative Court in Tunis to denounce how the current leadership headed by President Saied uses the Judiciary to serve its own interests | Political Party | Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 28, 2022 |
Free Destourian Party members start a hunger strike outside the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Tunis to demand its closure | Political Party | Policy grievances | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 6, 2022 |
Gafsa residents roadblock over drinking water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | August 16, 2022 |
Gafsa residents stage a sit-in outside Gafsa governorate headquarters to protest water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | July 4, 2022 |
Gafsa residents stage a sit-in outside the local branch of the National Company of Water Exploitation and Distribution and roadblock to protest water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in, Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | July 9, 2022 |
General Federation of Textiles, Clothes, Leather and Shoes organises a sit-in outside the Ministry of Social Affairs to protest the government's inaction regarding working conditions in the sector | 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 | June 22, 2022 |
General strike in the education sector to protest against the assault of a teacher in a secondary school in Ben Arous. Teachers and unions demand the issuance of a law criminalising the assault on teaching staff | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Ben Arous | Tunisia | November 12, 2021 |