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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammedia residents march and roadblock to protest the project to establish a waste recycling center in the area | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | March, Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mohammedia | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |
| Relatives of a man who died while he was in detention and civil society activists stage a sit-in in Tataouine to demand the Ministry of Justice to open an investigation into the circumstances of the death | Clan member | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |
| Migrants coming from African countries stage a sit-in in front of the International Organisation for Migration to demand their return to their countries of origin | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |
| El Nasr residents block the Gafsa-Sfax road to protest drinking water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | El Nasr | Tunisia | September 2, 2022 |
| Menzel Chaker residents roadblock over drinking water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Menzel Chaker | Tunisia | September 2, 2022 |
| Douar Hicher residents march to demand better socioeconomic living conditions in the region | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Douar Hicher | Tunisia | September 2, 2022 |
| Ghannouch farmers roadblock over fertilizer shortage | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ghannouch | Tunisia | September 2, 2022 |
| Korba municipality employees start an open-ended strike to demand the release of their 4 colleagues who have been arrested and who are syndicate members | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Korba | Tunisia | September 1, 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 |
| Chanchou residents block the Gafsa-El Hammar road to protest drinking water cuts and to demand to tarmac a road | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Chanchou | Tunisia | September 1, 2022 |