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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Unemployed in Tunis demonstrate at the Conference Palace in Tunis to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020. | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 12, 2021 |
The General Union of Independent Traders affiliated with the Tunisian Labor Union organized a protest in front of the Tunis governorate headquarters to demand the completion of the Carthage project, which has been delayed since 2011. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 6, 2022 |
Workers at the engineering company TECI stage an open-ended sit-in outside their company's headquarters to demand the payment of their overdue wages | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 15, 2022 |
A protest movement was held in solidarity with prisoner George Abdallah was held in front of the French embassy in Tunis | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 2, 2021 |
Judges and lawyers stage a sit-in outside the Justice Palace in Tunis in presence of civil society actors as part of their weeklong strike following the president’s dismissal of 57 judges and in support of the judiciary | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 8, 2022 |
Contract teachers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Education in Tunis to demand permanent positions and increase in wages and benefits | 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 21, 2022 |
Media and Comnunication Office employees who were dismissed stage a sit-in at their workplace to demand to be employed again | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 11, 2022 |
Tunisian Television Corporation employees announce they will strike but cancel their strike following an agreement under the umbrella of Ministry of Social Affairs to reform the institution. | 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...) | Bargaining | Tunis | Tunisia | January 13, 2022 |
Citizens stage a sit-in in front of the seat of the Administrative Court in Tunis to demand the abolition of the presidential decree on mandatory vaccine pass | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 21, 2021 |
Unemployed stage a sit-in on Government Square in Tunis to demand the President of the Republic to activate the provisions of Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 20, 2021 |