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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owners of tourist carts pulled by horses block the main road in front of the governorate headquarters in Tozeur to protest against the Ministry of Tourism not fulfilling its commitments towards them | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | August 2, 2022 |
| Tozeur and Naftah residents stage a sit-in outside Tozeur governorate headquarters to demand the governor to resign and to denounce the accumulation of problems in the region and the lack of intervention | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | July 4, 2022 |
| Activists and citizens stage a sit-in in Tozeur to demand to put train route 13 back in service after an interruption of more than a year | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | March 29, 2021 |
| Civil society activists and relatives of the Model Centre for Education and Rehabilitation of Disabled Students stage a sit-in in the vicinity of the governorate headquarters in Tozeur to demand the reopening of the centre | CSO, Clan member | Access to socio-eco rights: Rights of persons with disabilities | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | July 8, 2022 |
| Tozeur residents stage a sit-in outside the governorate's headquarters to protest bread shortage | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | August 29, 2022 |
| Owners of tourist carts pulled by horses state a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the regional delegation to protest against the Ministry of Tourism not fulfilling its commitments towards them | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | September 5, 2022 |
| Thyna residents block the Gabes - Sfax road to protest the prolonged cut-off of drinking water | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Thyna | Tunisia | June 20, 2022 |
| The Ministry of Economy's agents and executives stage a strike in order to demand the activation of the grant approved by the former Minister of Finance and a solution to the matter regarding promotions and designations. | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | The Ministry of Economy | Tunisia | November 24, 2022 |
| Healthcare workers in Thala stage a sit-in to denounce a recent assault against the medical staff at the emergency department | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Thala | Tunisia | July 18, 2022 |
| Transport workers in an open-ended strike at the Technical Agency of Land Transport demanding better work conditions. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Technical Agency of Land Transport | Tunisia | December 12, 2022 |