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 |
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Lawyers stage demonstrate in front of the Justice Palace in Tunis in solidarity with the Palestinian people | Workers group: Other | Regional / Political grievances | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 18, 2021 | |
Employees of the National Office of Radio and Television Broadcasting strike to demand the implementation of the December 22, 2020 agreement related to the increase in the individual allowances | 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...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |
Cactus prod employees start an open-ended sit-in to demand their due salaries and benefits | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 20, 2022 |
Nesma channel journalists demonstrate in front of the headquarters of the Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication to protest their current situation as they were referred to compulsory unemployment | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tunis | Tunisia | February 15, 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 |
Tunisiair staff protest the freezing of assets by Turkish company | Workers group: Public Sector | Corporate grievances | Demonstration | Other | Procedural action | Tunis | Tunisia | February 19, 2021 |
Contract teachers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Education to demand full-time positions and better working conditions | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 14, 2022 |
The Free Destourien Party held a sit-in protest at the Municipal Theatre on Habib Bourguiba Street in Tunis protesting perceived government discrimination against the party | Political Party | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 19, 2021 |
Tunisian citizens organised a protest in front of the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to denounce the exceptional measures decreed by the President on July 25, including the suspension of the activities of the parliament and the dismissal of the Prime minister | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Cooptation | Tunis | Tunisia | September 18, 2021 |
Journalists, photojournalists and employees of Tunisian Television start an open-ended sit-in to express their attachment to the independence of its editorial line and to denounce any attempts by ruling power to intervene in newsroom work | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 21, 2022 |