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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Primary and secondary education teachers demonstrate for two hours in solidarity with a professor being tried today in a case brought against her by the family of a student | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunisia | November 26, 2021 | |
Prison workers in Beja stage a 4-hour demonstration to demand payment of unpaid salaries and settlement of their situations | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 |
Prison workers in Kasserine stage a sit-in to demand nightshifts' payment and benefits | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 |
Prison workers in Monastir stage a sit-in at the jail to demand more security and a more efficient administration | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Security / Military forces | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Monastir | Tunisia | April 20, 2022 |
Prison workers in Monastir stage an open-ended sit-in outside the jail, boycott court sessions and do not transfer convicts to the courts to demand better working conditions | 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 | Monastir | Tunisia | February 19, 2022 |
Private education students stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunis to denounce discriminatory measures taken by the Ministry | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 12, 2022 |
Pro-Saied activists stage a sit-in outside Manouba governorate building to demand socioeconomic reforms and to denounce corruption | Collective / Informal group | Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Manouba | Tunisia | September 8, 2022 |
Protesters and families of schoolgirls stage a sit-in and roadblock in Kondar to denounce the sexual harassment recently faced by schoolgirls from the area, as well as to protest against the structural unemployment and marginalisation of the governorate | Collective / Informal group, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in, Road blockade, Tire burning | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kondar | Tunisia | June 14, 2021 |
Protesters block roads in Tamerza to demand the release of 10 detained youths | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Road blockade, Tire burning | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tamerza | Tunisia | July 13, 2022 |
Protesters block the Bab Saadoun road to demand to provide alternative public transportation services after the light metro services were disrupted by rainwater | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 9, 2022 |