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.

Displaying 321 - 330 of 824
Titlesort ascending Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Location Country Date
Protesters block the Bousalem-Fernana road to protest drinking water cuts Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Road blockade Demands for rights / Services N/A Jendouba Tunisia June 23, 2022
Protesters block the Bizerte-Menzel Bourguiba road over the suspicious death of a young man Collective / Informal group Injustice / Perceived injustice Road blockade, Tire burning Other N/A Bizerte Tunisia August 27, 2022
Protesters block the Bizerte-Menzel Bourguiba road after they lost contact with young men of the area who attempted to cross the Mediterranean Collective / Informal group Injustice / Perceived injustice Road blockade, Tire burning Other N/A Bizerte Tunisia August 29, 2022
Protesters block the Bizerte - Beja road over water cuts Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Road blockade Demands for rights / Services N/A Beja Tunisia January 7, 2022
Protesters block the Bab Saadoun road to demand to provide alternative public transportation services after the light metro services were disrupted by rainwater Collective / Informal group Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Road blockade Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia May 9, 2022
Protesters block roads in Tamerza to demand the release of 10 detained youths Collective / Informal group Injustice / Perceived injustice Road blockade, Tire burning Protest of a policy / Governmental measure Repression Tamerza Tunisia July 13, 2022
Protesters and families of schoolgirls stage a sit-in and roadblock in Kondar to denounce the sexual harassment recently faced by schoolgirls from the area, as well as to protest against the structural unemployment and marginalisation of the governorate Collective / Informal group, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in, Road blockade, Tire burning Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services N/A Kondar Tunisia June 14, 2021
Pro-Saied activists stage a sit-in outside Manouba governorate building to demand socioeconomic reforms and to denounce corruption Collective / Informal group Corruption and/ or lack of accountability Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Manouba Tunisia September 8, 2022
Private education students stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunis to denounce discriminatory measures taken by the Ministry Students and/or student’s unions and clubs Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Tunis Tunisia September 12, 2022
Prison workers in Monastir stage an open-ended sit-in outside the jail, boycott court sessions and do not transfer convicts to the courts to demand better working conditions Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Monastir Tunisia February 19, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart