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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonstrators gather outside the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to condemn the obligation to be vaccinated and to present a health pass to access public spaces. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 30, 2021 |
| Demonstrators gather outside the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to condemn the obligation to be vaccinated | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 20, 2021 |
| Demonstrators gather in Redeyef to demand the immediate release of all the protesters who were arrested during the demonstrations on January, 14 in Tunis | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Redeyef | Tunisia | January 20, 2022 |
| Demonstrators gather at Bardo square to protest against the "coup" and the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and the recent arrest of MP Seif El-Din Makhlouf and journalist Amer Ayyad | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | November 14, 2021 |
| Demonstrators blocking roads, setting fire to rubber wheels and demanding a speedy search for those missing in irregular migration activities. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Welayat monastir | Tunisia | October 19, 2022 |
| Demonstration in front of the First Instance Court of Nabeul in light of the first hearing of MP Zouheir Makhlouf to demand to speed up the trial and in support with the girl who filed the sexual harassment case against him | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Solidarity with minorities (sexual; ethnic; migrants...) | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | October 28, 2021 |
| Defence committee of Martyrs Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi demonstrates outside the Higher Judicial Council in Tunis to denounce the slow pace of the judicial case | CSO | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 10, 2022 |
| Dahmani residents stage a sit-in to protest the authorities' failure to provide them with drinking water and pump water despite what they pledged | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Dahmani | Tunisia | June 22, 2022 |
| Customs employees stage a sit-in outside the customs administrative headquarters in Qibli to demand the implementation of previously agreed-upon agreements | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Qibli | Tunisia | February 27, 2021 |
| Customs agents start to stage sit-ins nationwide to demand the enforcement of agreed-upon agreements during a meeting planned for February 26 | 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 | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 |