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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil society members and local and sick residents stage a sit-in inside the Ibn Al Jazzar hospital in Kairouan to protest against the deteriorating health services in the region | CSO, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | December 16, 2021 |
| Protesters demonstrate in Kairouan governorate over an investor project to dig a sandpit that will harm agricultural production | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Kairouan | Tunisia | December 2, 2021 |
| Medical and paramedical employees at Aghlabid Hospital in Kairouan stage a sit-in to protest the lack of staff and equipment in the surgical unit | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | June 15, 2022 |
| Employees of the National Health Insurance Fund in Kairouan demonstrate in support of their colleagues at the National Health Insurance Fund headquarters and add their voices to their request for better work conditions | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |
| Lawyers in Kairouan governorate strike and stage a sit-in in the Court of First Instance in Kairouan. They demand more protection and more staff | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | February 17, 2022 |
| Protesters demonstrate in the market in Kairouan to demand the provision of oil, flour and semolina and the intervention of local authorities | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | April 3, 2022 |
| Taxi drivers stage a sit-in outside the governorate headquarters in Kairouan to denounce the delay in issuing licenses for taxi drivers | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 18, 2021 |
| 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 |
| Athletes, kids and teenagers demonstrate outside an indoor gymnasium in Kairouan to protest the decision to use this gymnasium for the July 25 referendum | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | June 11, 2022 |
| Protesters block the Kairouan-Shabikah road over 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 | Kairouan | Tunisia | July 18, 2022 |