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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Hospital Farhat Hached employees in Sousse strike to protest the tense relationship between the administration and the main health workers union and to demand better working conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | February 24, 2022 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in in front of Sousse governorate headquarters to demand authorities to speed up the issuance of licenses | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | September 8, 2022 |
Collective taxi drivers in Sousse demonstrate against a decision of Sousse governorate regulating their work | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | August 9, 2022 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in in Sousse to demand authorities to speed up the issuance of licenses | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
The Free Doustourian Party organized a demonstration in Sousse | Political Party | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | February 22, 2021 |
Soliman residents and Sidi Rais beach sailors protest against Takelsa sanitation station project fearing its negative impact on agricultural lands | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Soliman | Tunisia | August 6, 2022 |
Parents of primary school students in Soliman's delegation staged a sit-in inside the delegation due to their children's inability to obtain a proper education. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Soliman | Tunisia | November 15, 2022 |
In observance of January 14, 2011, LTDH, ATFD, and FTDES organized a demonstration outside the SNJT headquarters to recall the demands of the Revolution and denounce any forms of limits on rights and freedoms. | Political Party | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | SNJT headquarters. | Tunisia | January 14, 2023 |
Workers of the municipal slaughterhouse in Siliana strike and stage a sit-in to demand the appointment of a new veterinarian | Workers group: Other | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | April 12, 2022 |
Protestors who were injured by outlawed shotguns stage a sit-in outside the Governorate building in Siliana to demand truth, justice and indemnities | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | November 29, 2021 |