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 601 - 610 of 824
Titlesort descending Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Location Country Date
Social Affairs employees stage a sit-in at the Regional Directorate for Social Affairs in Jendouba to demand reforms to improve 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 Jendouba Tunisia February 12, 2021
Socially disadvantaged inhabitants of Douar Hicher march to the governorate building in Manouba to urge authorities to fulfill their commitment and to conduct reforms Collective / Informal group Policy grievances March Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Douar Hicher Tunisia November 19, 2021
Société Tunisienne de Banque employees stage a sit-in in Sfax to protest the arbitral dismissal of 29 managers of the bank Workers group: Public Sector Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Other N/A Sfax Tunisia April 11, 2022
Société Tunisienne de Banque employees stage a sit-in in Sfax to protest the recent appointment of managers Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Other N/A Sfax Tunisia April 4, 2022
Soliman residents and Sidi Rais beach sailors protest against Takelsa sanitation station project fearing its negative impact on agricultural lands Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services Demonstration Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Soliman Tunisia August 6, 2022
Some students of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences in Sousse start a hunger strike to denounce their university administration's refusal to extend the review period by another week Students and/or student’s unions and clubs Injustice / Perceived injustice Hunger Strike Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Sousse Tunisia January 3, 2022
Students and professors at the Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies in Kairouan stage a sit-in to protest the university’s decision to postpone the university’s return, and to evacuate the institute’s headquarters building Workers group: School teachers / University professors, Students and/or student’s unions and clubs Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Kairouan Tunisia September 1, 2022
Students and their parents stage a sit-in outside the Ali Ben Jaballah primary school in Jelma to demand to establish a new school in the area Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Jelma Tunisia August 5, 2022
Students boycott exams in several universities to denounce their university administrations' refusal to extend the review period by another week Students and/or student’s unions and clubs Injustice / Perceived injustice Civil disobedience Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Tunisia January 3, 2022
Students demonstrate in downtown Haffouz to protest against school opening as their school witnesses an outbreak of Covid-19 cases Students and/or student’s unions and clubs Injustice / Perceived injustice Demonstration Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Haffouz Tunisia January 19, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart