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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint protest movement of a number of small famers coordinators across the country | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Corporate grievances, Policy grievances | Building blockade / Occupation | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mahdia, Kairouane, Sfax, Sidi Bouzid, Monastir | Tunisia | March 19, 2021 |
| Jerissa residents state a sit-in to alert on the environmental and sanitary disaster caused by the Umm al-Iklil cement factory | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jerissa | Tunisia | June 12, 2022 |
| Jebiniana residents stage a sit-in outside Jebiniana delegation headquarters to demand security and growth for the delegation | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jebiniana | Tunisia | August 30, 2022 |
| Jabal Tarif residents roadblock and protest over drinking water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jabal Tarif | Tunisia | August 9, 2022 |
| Internal Security Forces members stage a sit-in outside the Regional Headquarters of the National Guard in Sidi Bouzid to denounce the attacks and assaults that targeted security forces agents during the manifestations in Tunis | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Security / Military forces | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | February 1, 2021 |
| Intern doctors in the emergency unit at Rabta hospital in Tunis start an open-ended strike to protest the absence of security guards to ensure public safety at the hospital | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 2, 2022 |
| Injured victims of the 2011 revolution organized a sit-in calling for their official recognition by the state as victims | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in, Hunger Strike | Support of a cause | Bargaining | Tunis | Tunisia | January 6, 2021 |
| Individual taxis owners in Nabeul stage a sit-in in front of the Municipality building to protest against the decision to grant new licenses to collective taxis in the same urban area, | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | September 6, 2021 |
| Individual taxi owners stage a strike due to the government's refusal to acknowledge their concerns on the transportation application. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 16, 2023 |
| Individual taxi owners in Jendouba stage an open-sit in outside the Governorate building to demand to settle their status and to be granted licenses | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jendouba | Tunisia | November 24, 2021 |