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 101 - 110 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Anti-Corruption Agency employees stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the agency in Tunis to demand clarification about the future of the agency and of their contracts | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 24, 2022 |
| Driving schools owners stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transport to protest the suspension of governmental decision 510 on the conditions related to the types, delivery, validity and renewal of driving licenses | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 14, 2022 |
| lawyers and representatives of organizations and parties, demonstrated in front of Tunis Courthouse to show solidarity with activist Ayachi Hammami as he faces trial after spreading false rumors. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 10, 2023 |
| Healthcare workers stage a sit-in outside the Health Ministry to demand the resignation of the Minister and to protest the Ministry's procrastination in paying salaries | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 22, 2022 |
| Feminist activists from several local and international NGOs march in downtown Tunis to mark the opening of the third World Women's Conference of Grassroots Women hosted by the country | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |
| Free Destourian Party members demonstrate outside the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Tunis to demand its closure and to hold the corrupted accountable | Political Party | Policy grievances, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 15, 2022 |
| Employees at the governmental Coopérative Centrale des Grandes Cultures hold a strike to demand the implementation of agreements signed with the administration and the regularisation of the status of 74 employees | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 21, 2022 |
| Employees of the National Health Insurance Fund strike to demand a better insurance, work clothes, a unified pension system, and a new job classification system | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 11, 2021 |
| An open sit-in was held by the "Union of Unemployed PhD Graduates" calling for the improvement and valorization of their employment status | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tunis | Tunisia | June 29, 2020 |
| Technical Agency of Land Transport employees start a two-day strike as the agency direction refuses to discuss their demands regarding working conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 16, 2022 |