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 591 - 600 of 824
Title |
Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security forces members start an open-ended sit-in in Tataouine at the national security headquarters to protest against the authorities' inability to bring them closer to their hometown during summer | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Security / Military forces | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | August 2, 2022 |
| Security managers and personnel start an open-ended strike in Gabes to denounce a lack of staff, vehicles and logistics | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Security / Military forces | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Gabes | Tunisia | November 17, 2021 |
| Several hundred employees from state companies stage a sit-in in front of the UGTT’s headquarters in Tunisin support of the general strike to protest against the government’s economic reform plans which include privatisation, and the freezing of salaries | 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 | Tunis | Tunisia | June 16, 2022 |
| Several people demonstrated in front of the Prime Ministerìs office in downtown Tunis in support of Palestine | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 11, 2021 |
| Sfax residents stage a sit-in to protest water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | June 30, 2022 |
| 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 |
| Shopkeepers in Ben Gardane stage a sit-in outside the border crossing between Libya and Tunisia to protest against the traffic congestion when crossing the border to enter Tunisia | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ben Gardane | Tunisia | October 28, 2021 |
| Sidi Ahmad residents prevented the natural gas pipeline project from going on to protest the small amount of compensation and in light of the failure to comply with what was decided six months ago in accordance with legal and judicial procedures | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Civil disobedience | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Ahmad | Tunisia | August 3, 2022 |
| Sidi Bouzid tomato farmers are blocking roads to protest their export prohibition and lack of authorization. | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | December 27, 2022 |
| Small poultry breeders stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries in Sfax to demand the departure of the presidents of the Federation of Poultry Breeders and of the Regional Union of Agriculture and Fish | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | September 20, 2021 |