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 801 - 810 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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A general strike was held Tuesday in Zarzis city, on the call of the locals, and families of missing people, asking for truth and accountability in the burial of missing migrants in the local foreigners' cemetery without identification. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | October 18, 2022 |
A demonstration was held in Tunis calling for the adoption of a law which guarantees jobs for long-term unemployed diploma holders | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 18, 2020 |
A demonstration was held in Tatatouine calling for state investment and employment | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in, Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression, Bargaining | Tataouine | Tunisia | June 21, 2020 |
A demonstration was held in Tabarka demanding the improvement in catastrophic working conditions | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure, Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tabarka governorate | Tunisia | February 15, 2020 |
A demonstration was held in Beja (North West Tunisia ) by civil society organisations and informal collectives against the government and Coronavirus measures announced on Tuesday to curb the spread of the virus | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Beja | Tunisia | January 17, 2021 |
A demonstration was held by site-workers in response to an agreement reached by the government and the UGTT to resolve their precarious conditions | Workers group: Unemployed | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 9, 2020 |
A demonstration was held by several civil society organisations and labour unions in central Tunis to commemorate the anniversary of the 2013 killing of a prominent activist and to denounce police abuses | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Other | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | February 6, 2021 |
A demonstration was held by mothers of arrestees denouncing the arbitrary arrests by authorities of their children, including many minors | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 22, 2021 |
A demonstration was held at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis to denounce police violations | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | March, Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 18, 2021 |
A delegation of human rights NGOs from the Civil Coalition for the Defence of Freedom, Dignity and Social Justice joined the residents of Zarzis and families of the victims of the sinking of a migrant boat, in a peaceful march to demand the truth about th | CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | November 24, 2022 |